✦Dolly✦
The guards outside the house weren’t subtle. They tried to be. And for some strange reason, that just made it worse. One stood near the road, pretending to check his phone every few minutes. The other leaned against a tree by the side fence, looking casual in the same way Elias looked casual when he was absolutely prepared to tackle someone. Which meant not casual at all. I watched them from the living room window and folded my arms.
“I hate this,” I muttered. My brother sat on the couch behind me.
“You have mentioned that,”
“I can mention it again,”
“Oh, I know you will,” he remarked. I turned and glared at him.
“You are enjoying this too much,”
“Enjoying what? That you are at home safely? Sure…or would you like to climb out of another window?”
“That was one time,”
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