Chapter 31

After an awkward yet delicious meal with her family, Lindsey was glad to whisk her boyfriend away. With her disturbing phone call with Cami Lindsey couldn’t even concentrate on the food. Marg was an amazing cook and thank goodness too that’s why Clem didn’t contribute to making things more awkward for Lindsey.

Her mom loved Serge and he was quite the charmer, but Trey wasn’t having any of it. He especially didn’t like to hear that Serge and his cousin lived alone most of the time. When they went upstairs so they could talk Trey blasted that he wanted all doors and windows open.

“Listen, I don’t like your plan babe.” Serge said.

Lindsey sat on her bench by the window. She stared out at the massive black forest that spread out for miles. All she could think about were those hollow trees and how her sister was somewhere in them.

“I didn’t expect you too.”

Serge groaned. He got up from the edged of her bed and sat down beside her on the bed. Her grabbed her hands and gripped them, but in