Jareth Pov
I smiled as Aislyn and Thais talked on the hill, turning to look at them every once in a while. Lenny was preoccupied with a man trying to buy all of Thais’s chickens she had brought with her, and Jem nudged me in the shoulder, smirking at me. “You like her.” He muttered. Lenny and I had told Jem earlier about Thais, who she was and her past, and why Lenny and I had been here for a week with her. He didn’t seem surprised, and I learned they were really here because Lottie complained about our absence to him, making them want to come to check up on us and see what was going on.
I felt my face flush for a second, wondering if I was really that obvious, but then I realized Jem had gotten into my bag and was flipping through the pages in my sketchbook. I yanked it out of
