“Scarlet?”
Her eyes flickered open to find Archie standing in front of her. She seemed happy to see his ginger hair and his brown smiling eyes looking at her.
“Hey, Archie. Thanks for helping me on Friday.” She smiled up at him.
Archie was puzzled, he carefully looked her over a questioning eyebrow raised. He couldn’t connect the cheerful girl he saw now to the sick one on Friday.
“Scarlet? Where have you been?”
“What do you mean?”
“I have been trying to reach you since Saturday. I have called you dropped by your place a couple of times too.”
Scarlet looked away, she didn’t want him to see the shock on her face. She hadn’t left the house since Friday and was sure she didn’t hear him knock. The same way she hadn’t heard his or Kayla’s calls. She put her arm on the crook of his arm an
