Chapter 11“So, it looks inviting.” Ryan taps his fingers on the steering wheel.
They’d been sitting out the front of Jasper’s parents’ house for twenty minutes already, but the sight of the front door he’d shut behind himself years ago has glued Jasper to his seat.
“I’m so sorry. I know this isn’t fun.” Jasper sighs.
“As I’ve said a hundred times already. We don’t know what they want until we go in there. It mightn’t be that bad.”
“I very much doubt that.”
“Yeah, you’ve said that a hundred times, too.” Ryan sounds defeated, which gives Jasper a feeling of guilt. Though he appreciated all of Ryan’s support and positivity towards this all afternoon, Jasper wasn’t even trying to fake an ounce of hope.
“Okay.” Jasper undoes his seatbelt fast, like he’s afraid if he hesitates a second lon
