CHAPTER 7

We had finally gotten into the mansion with no greetings from either party. The only form of acknowledgement we got from our relatives was Uncle Travis tipping his chin towards the sofa in the lavish living room, telling us to sit down.

I was staring at my shoes and I'm pretty sure my brother was doing the same thing. After all, we've always found it hard to look at their eyes since we were little.

"You're probably wondering why we told you to come here on such short notice." Uncle Travis began.

We stayed silent, still refusing to meet their eyes.

"Something important is going to happen in the next few days, and you both need to be here when it does. Especially because you don't know what exactly is going to happen and it would be catastrophical for anything to go wrong during that time."

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, and out of the corner of my eyes, I could see Adam doing the same. What is he talking about? What event? Does this mean we're going to have to spend our birthda