NOLAN
"I will have it with extra cream today," I said, returning the cup of coffee handed to me.
Regardless of how I had left things at Darkwood, I couldn't pretend that I hadn't gotten a wave of relief wash over me as soon as I stepped into the house sometime yesterday. This house of mine felt much more like a home than Darkwood to me. I wasn't just saying this. This was my home, at least where I felt at home.
I looked at my phone and saw that Rue had sent me two funny videos to watch. She should be here tomorrow morning and we will finally be together. To me, at least right now, the most important thing was that Darkwood and all of its drama was now behind me.
Finally.
Just as I sipped on the coffee now in my hands, Ella walked in, grinning as though she had just won the lottery.
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