DAHLIA 

“How did it go?” 

I rushed down stairs to go meet them halfway.

“Deal is done.” Sadie replied, already shrugging out of her red jacket. 

“Sadie was a menace.” There was this delightful lilt in Cass’s voice.

Already curious, I called a maid walking by to bring us cold drinks, and began to pull them upstairs as Cass was trying to kick off her shoes. 

I took them to my bedroom, led them out the balcony that had three chairs and a table at the center. 

The breeze out here on this afternoon was fresh and calm. 

The kids were all playing in the game room downstairs. They’d just...