AMELIA
Colin Dane left right after. Ryden made me stay and promised me a home-cooked meal.
“We didn’t get to eat the pizza.” I helped him cut some veggies for a salad while he braised steak on the skillet.
I felt normal suddenly, forgetting about my power and the threat for a while. Somehow, I also felt close to him, and there was this feeling that I could trust him with my life and my heart.
I began to feel comfortable around him, too, like how it used to be when he came over to the house with my brother and played cards.
I was done with the salad. The steak and the potatoes weren’t nearly done, but they were seasoned. He was about to put them in the oven when I stopped him.
“How would you like your steak, Mr. Braxton?”
He smiled. “Medium rare, and you know that. Why?”
I showed h
