ISABEL'S POV
"You're zoning out again," Marcy said, waving her hand in front of my face.
Her voice startled me out of my thoughts, and I blinked, looking up to meet her worried eyes.
"Sorry," I muttered, shaking my head as if that would help me focus better. If only it was that easy.
I had worked hard to convince Leo to let me join Marcy and Lila for morning chores. It wasn’t easy to persuade him, but emotional blackmail did the trick. He probably thought I’d enjoy the distraction, and he wasn’t entirely wrong. I had thought so too at first as well. The task of weeding and planting in the vegetable garden should have been relaxing, and good enough to help get my mind off of things, but for some reason it wasn't working this too. It was as if my mind refused to quiet down no matter how
