The next day, Sunday, Julia was finally discharged from the hospital. Zephyr was driving them to the mansion. Ava usually sat in the passenger’s seat but she sat with her mother at the back seat this time. Zephyr did not want to be assuming so he just thought that she chose to not sit beside him because she needed to be with her mother.
Dude, you’re whipped.
Perfectly whipped.
The drive to the mansion was filled with silence but it was a comfortable silence. It was until they arrived and walked into the mansion.
“What’s going on?” Ava whispered. Her voice echoing in the spacious living room. The tote bag she was holding fell on the marble floor with a thud.
“Where’s everyone?” Zephyr could not help but wonder. He did not realize he had said it out loud until Julia spoke.
“They l
