Chapter 108

Standing outside with Mavis and the rest, we were just having some fingerfood as we watched the night's festivities die down.

There were even a couple of children lighting some firecrackers in the sand pit.

That was something nice to look at.

Darryl, who had already gotten fond of Mara, his supposed 'replacement' as he put it, was busy telling her a story about Ryan which, judging by the redness in his cheeks, was an embarrassing one. Mara just laughed while stealing glances at Ryan who was staring at this brother, probably willing him to evaporate.

I glanced at Ryan again, hmm, more like disintegrate.

I'm pretty sure I'd heard the story before since that was Darryl's favorite pass time, embarrassing his brother, and I caught a couple of snippets of the story here and there, but right now I was a little more focused on the conversation Mavis was having with Aliyah and Raven.

"Oh, so you're from Ohio?" Raven asked looking at Aliyah.

"No, not really, we lived there for a while, but we'