"Just like I thought," Desmond's mom said, crossing her arms. "The exact moment you come back to this estate, this entire place will just be filled with useless noise again."
I looked at her face when she said that, a wave of cold clarity washing over me. It was completely obvious that she hadn't spent a single second looking for me while I was missing. Maybe she was even secretly happy that I wasn't around the house for the past week.
I didn't waste my breath answering her. I just walked right past the two of them and went inside the front door without saying a single word. It was better to just find a quiet corner away from them than to stand out here.
Suddenly, the loud, heavy sound of the front door shutting echoed behind me. Before I could take another step into the hallway, I
