☆☆LILA☆☆
I left the garden more lost and confused than before.
That was not the kind of answer I was seeking.
All that talk about rivers and fate, it didn’t help. I still didn’t know what to do.
When I walked into the living room, Kai and Raya were sitting on one of the couches, chatting like the world wasn’t busy collapsing inside my head.
“Hey, Lila,” Raya said.
I managed to give her a shy smile. “Hi.”
Kai glanced over his shoulder at me. “Hey. Did you get what you were looking for?”
“Yeah… I guess I did,” I said, though my voice didn’t sound convincing, even to me.
Raya studied me for a second before saying, “You look like you just wrestled with a ghost.”
I smiled weakly. “Something like that.”
She leaned forward, her eyes bright. “Then you need a break. You should a
