Chapter 126 The calm and the storm

• We get out of the car together. Mira seems to know her way around this place so I follow her lead. Her hands freeze on the door, she frowns. “Why not?”
• “I need to hear from Ben first. Need to know what he thinks.” We always discuss before any of us take a huge step and replying to Jon seems like a huge one. Mira laughs so hard she snorts. Her gaze falls on me and her smile wears out when she realises I’m not kidding. I take a screenshot of the messages and send them to Ben. “He hasn’t seen my text.”
• Mira does a double take, I push past her into Leah’s house and pause in the living room. The house smells like scented candles. The grey couches are arranged in the shape of a U. Leah comes out of the kitchen holding a jar of water and an empty glass.