She grabbed her phone and called Johnny.
"Are you free?"
There was loud music in the background, laughter, the clink of glasses. "I'm at a masquerade party. What's up?"
Elodie explained her idea quickly, her words tumbling out faster than usual because she knew… knew this could be something.
Johnny's voice shifted immediately. Turned serious and excited. "Hold on. I'm heading back right now."
"Okay."
She hung up and dove back into her work, her fingers flying over the keyboard.
Time slipped away unnoticed.
Then she heard voices drifting up from downstairs. They were loud and familiar.
Elodie paused, her hands stilling over the keys.
Harry and Sienna must've arrived.
She stood, walked to the window, and closed it. Shutting out the noise. Shutting out the reminder of who was down
