With winter break nearing, the amount of homework we had and the load of stress we packed doubled. For me, it was a form of distraction and I didn’t mind it so much. I was working on a Physics lab due next week when someone knocked on my door. Nobody ever knocked on my door in the afternoons, and I was curious as to why dad came. Was he going to show me something? Did he and Rick discover a way to communicate with Siren?
“Bring Atlanta here,” dad said. I was disappointed, but elated in case he found a solution to her problem with Ronald. “I need to speak to her.”
“Okay,” I said, putting down my pencil and jumping off the bed. I had never been so excited for her, and especially happy with dad. A few months ago, I would've never expected him to interact with anyone from the outside—let alo
