Chapter 24
The next time I woke up I was alone and definitely ready to get out of bed. I untangled myself from blankets and bedsheets and made my way to the window.
The sun was rising over the ridge on the opposite side of the river I couldn't quite see through all the trees. So I had slept all day and all night. No wonder my muscles were so achy and desperate to move around.
I dressed, pulled my tangles of hair back into a scrunchie, and jammed my bare feet into my sneakers then made my way down the back stairs and out into the yard.
I don't think I was necessarily expecting to see anyone or do anything in particular, but when I slipped out the back door and saw Sophie and Brianna sitting on mats in the center of the orchard with another spare mat forming a circle with theirs, I wasn'
