Chapter 43 - Severn

While Chloe and Meredith get Brandon squared away, Casen, Corinda, and I greet Kesha. We haven’t seen Slade and the girls in almost a year.

Kesha’s in the kitchen, making homemade pizza when we walk in. Her cocoa colored skin shines in the ceiling light. She’s grown her hair out to her shoulders and wears it natural, with voluminous twists. Kesha now sports a nose ring, the thought of the silver content needed to keep the wound open making me wince a little. She wears all natural make-up, except for bright pink lipstick on her full lips. She has a curvy body and wears form fitting clothes in bright colors that match her makeup. Kesha smells like fresh dough and sugary icing, the perfect match for baking talent from the Goddess. It’s part of how they support themselves, with a baking business that Kesha runs online out of their house. She’s short, the top of her head barely reaching my chin.

Kesha wipes her hands before running up to each of us in turn to give us hugs. “I’