CHAPTER SIXTY ONE

CHAPTER 61

Caleb's hands were curled into white-knuckle fists, and his entire body vibrated like a tuning fork in response to his father's words. Take everything for granted, like a spoiled brat. The mere suggestion made his blood boil with wrath.

He was about to lash into Robert with another scorching missile when he heard a fresh voice in the corridor.

"Hey, did somebody order a large Meat Monster with extra fries?"

Julia flew into the kitchen, juggling an absurdly large pizza box and a couple litre bottles of bright green energy drink. Her shaggy brown hair was tangled around a face that still glistened with the oil and intensity of adolescence.

She blinked owlishly at the dense tension in the room, her gaze shifting between Caleb's heaving body and his parents' simultaneous expressions of concern. "Uh...did I miss the pre-game pep rally or something?"

For a brief minute, it felt as if her words had fractured the very air itself. The oven-blast fury that engulfed the kitchen appea