Alisa
“You look nice tonight,” Derrick says, and sits back with his glass of whiskey. “I appreciate that you put in the effort.”
My face heats up, and my ears start to burn. “Really?”
“Yes. And you had a good day? It looked like you were having fun.”
I didn’t even know he was looking at me. I spent most of the day with Brooke. We had our picnic in the rose garden, and then she showed me around, taking me to all the hidden places she had found over the years.
There are ways in and out of the compound that I’m sure even Derrick doesn’t know exists.
Our day of adventuring came to an end when Elias and Hector showed up to relieve Toby and Finch. “The king requests your company,” Elias announced.
By then, I looked like a toddler who had been playing in the park all day. My dress was dirt
