Watchtower

Uneasy

Tillo Lando: February 22nd,20XX

Kaja excitedly pulled me into the front of a new stall, but my attention was completely on Aaron and Joyce, who sat huddled in a corner of the park. They always made sure we could see them, but it was clear by their intense conversation and exaggerated hand movements they were unfocused on their chaperone duties.

Everything was weird.

First, Aaron had randomly taken us to an amusement park instead of the original location. Not that I knew where that was. Then he and Archer had had that weird conversation last night. Then Joyce had shown up, looking tired as a ghost, and had attempted to clothesline Aaron as soon as she’d seen him.

She’d tried to play it off as a hug when she remembered us kids were still around, but the panic on Aaron’s face had been too