Severin
I sat on my motorbike, which was tucked between two large oak trees. I waited outside Iris’s house for over an hour. I had to face it. She wasn’t coming out.
I just had to tell Briar Iris didn’t want to talk.
Then I realised she would ask me if I had knocked on the door.
“Let’s get this over with,” I grumbled as I climbed off the bike.
I marched to the front door. It opened before I got there. Iris was dressed in her usual faded blue jeans with a white floral shirt. She froze when she saw me halfway down the driveway.
“Severin,” she stammered.
“I… don’t think I should be here.”
“Briar sent you, didn’t she?”
I nodded.
Iris nodded as well. She took me in, and for a second, it looked like her eyes were going to gloss over. I can’t handle tears. Not right now.
“What did she
