ALIANA

The next day we all leave Luca’s house for Michael’s, I'm presently calmly sitting on the bed in one of Michael’s shirts.

Evera is pacing around practically making me dizzy

Lily is sitting beside me on the bed, close enough that our shoulders touch.

They’re all here.

Jenna is the first to break the silence.

“So,” she says, turning to face me, “are we going to talk like grown women, or are you planning to fake another identity and disappear again?”

I wince. “Jenna—”

“No,” she snaps. “Don’t ‘Jenna’ me. You scared the absolute hell out of us.”

Evera nods. “We cried. We screamed. We almost assaulted Michael.”

“I...