Chapter Four
Tom
I don’t think any of us slept last night, apart from maybe Elly, but that was probably more out of exhaustion than anything else. We’ve mostly sat in the living room, sometimes talking, but mostly quiet and with our own thoughts. I have no idea how time even passed.
At one point, Mal came over with a blanket and put it over me, saying something about the house getting cold at night, but that’s about all I can remember of the last hours. It was like time stood still but also moving ahead in big jumps, it felt really odd.
I check the time on my phone, eight in the morning. And I almost let out a curse, catching myself just in time. We’re supposed to meet Mal and Poppy’s parents in an hour, but I don’t think that I can do it. I don’t think I can do that today, I feel too
