Chapter 19
A warm breeze rustled Layne’s hair the moment he walked out the front door. He bypassed the porch swing and chairs, heading toward the steps. His impending conversation with Dylan would be anything but fun. The more distance he put between him and the house, the better. He refused to get an a*s chewing if other people would hear it.
When he made it to the grass, he wanted to keep going, but the erratic pace of Heaven’s energy brought him to a stop. She was worried. She must’ve seen Dylan stop Layne on the staircase.
As he gazed at the overcast sky, voices hummed in the distance. His father and Nicholas stood at the opposite end of the driveway, near the hill that led to Highland Avenue. Spencer, Isaac, and Mason joined them a moment later.
Whatever the elders were discussing
