Desperately, I tried averting my eyes. As if magnetised, I felt my eyes being continuously dragged back towards the key hanging so loosely round her neck. After hours upon hours of picturing it, it felt bizarre to see it there, hanging so prominently, taunting me.
“Are you planning on telling me why exactly you were both caught sneaking out after curfew? Did you have a momentary lapse regarding the cameras? Did you really think that your misbehaving would go unnoticed?” I looked at Her in bemusement. If that’s how we had been caught, it must have meant that Zoe had told Her that we were out of bed. Why would Zoe do that? I felt a sense of confusion mixed with anger and betrayal at the thought of her seeing us, then calling The Alia to immediately inform Them of our whereabouts.
“Jane is
