NORA
I walked back to my room and shut the door behind me and stood there for a second with my mind replaying back everything that has happened so far.
The dining table had been uncomfortable from the moment I sat down. Iris had not bothered to hide it. Every question she threw out was aimed at making me feel like I had walked into a space I had no right to be in and the tension that built up around the table with every passing minute was not the kind that goes away on its own.
Raphael shut her down each time she pushed too far but he did it carefully, like someone who was managing something rather than ending it, and that told me more than anything he actually said. There was history there.
Between him and Iris. I don't really know what this is about, but as much as I tried not to d
