Zayde's Point of View
The room falls into a heavy silence after Chloe and I finish explaining the dream she had.
Our parents sit in a stunned kind of stillness, as if the weight of what we have just told them hasn’t fully settled yet.
It is my father who finally breaks the silence, his brows pulled together.
“So you think that the rejection started all of it?”
I glance at Chloe for just a second before shrugging my shoulders.
“We don’t know for sure, but her dream happened after the rejection. So yeah… we think it might have been the trigger that started whatever is going to happen.”
Chloe shifts uncomfortably beside me, her eyes fixed on the floor. I know this part is not easy for her, especially with our parents sitting right here, trying to put the pieces together.
“I want
