Chapter thirty-six: Matthew
Mira was halfway through her steak by the time I finished mine. Even though the food we got from the kitchen in the Mansion was great, there was just something about a juicy steak from a restaurant that nothing could compare to – especially when it was just the two of us together. My phone buzzed in my pocket. It was the alarm I had set to make sure I could make it back to the village before I had to go on patrol. Mira was looking out on the water while chewing her food slowly. Even though the date had been going great, she had still been acting kind of weird most of the time. “Hey.” I said. She looked at me, although it didn’t really feel like she was paying attention to me. “I have to get back to the village. I have patrol with Colin” I continued. She nodded, her eyes never looki
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