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Chapter 13

It didn't last long, as they asked after Chilli straight away. We told them she became ill the day before the tour started, and sadly she's not well enough to join us part way through the tour, according to Pauline. I tense at the mention of her, which annoyingly doesn't go unnoticed. Erin raises an eyebrow at me and my grandparents exchange a worried look.

We spent the day touring the territory, meeting and shaking hands with everyone. Then finally, back at the house, our bellys full with grans sublime cooking, we rest in the lounge. The others are talking amongst themselves as I try to listen and engage in the conversations but again my mind and focus is elsewhere. All I want to do is mind-link to Chilli, to just hear her voice, for it to fill my mind, to feel her in my head. I close my eyes, trying to fight the urge to reach out to her when I notice the conversation die off a bit, and my name said aloud.

"Elias?"

Opening my eyes to see my father looking at me. "Are you alright son
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