I didn’t see him again after that.
In fact, I didn’t see anyone. It was almost as if they’d all collectively decided to ignore me for the next twenty-four hours, and I was too much of a coward to go looking for them.
Nobody was at the dining table for dinner, and it was the same with breakfast. I resigned myself to eating alone, trying to convince myself that the silence was good, but in reality, it made me feel like s**t.
I was preparing to leave after breakfast when the doors opened. I expected to see Erina. An apology was on my lips, but it quickly died when I realized that it was Carlos who walked in instead.
He headed straight for me and placed a box on the table.
I glanced down at it, then back at him. “What is it?”
“Why don’t you open it and find out?” I didn’t move. I just st
