MELISSA
When we arrived home, Lily approached us with a parcel.
"This arrived after you left," she said with a severe look. "The security guard found it at the front of the house, just sitting there."
“It says for Damien,” I said, reading the label attached to it.
Rafael and I exchanged glances before we took it inside and placed it on the dining room table.
“What if there’s a bomb inside!” Nicho said. Rafael and I rolled our eyes.
“Come on, Nicho!” Rafael spoke up after he stopped his gesture.
“I’m being serious.” Nicho threw his head up, taking a step backward. “I’m just going to stand far away just in case I am right.”
I turned my gaze away from Nicho, and as unrealistic as his words sounded, they began to affect me.
My hands trembled slightly as I tore open the packaging, th
