After Allie convinced me that she was okay—I knew that she wasn’t but that she needed to clear her head—I texted Mom that I’d be hanging out with Akio today and drove to Landon’s house. João’s car and Kai’s bike were parked out front.
convinced I slid up behind the black Mercedes with tinted windows and pulled the key out of the ignition, rushing up to the back door to the basement and banging my fist against it. “Open up! I know you guys are in there.”
A couple moments later, Kai opened the door with his hair a mess and his eyes tired, as if he had just woken up. He wiped them and stepped out of the way for me to walk down the stairs. I marched down to the basement to see Landon and João sitting up on the couch, yawning.
“What the f**k, Imani?” João said. “It’s nine in the morning on a
