AURORA’S POV
We parted ways after a hearty breakfast with Thomas, who went the whole nine yards with bacon, eggs, pancakes, and sausage links. He seemed sad to see us go but excited for us in the following “leg of our journey,” as he called it. He made us promise to visit again soon, as he wasn’t used to getting visitors, having his head in books and his mind all the time.
We promised and left him after a quick call to Rachel’s clinic, asking her to meet us at a diner outside Ridelia. She didn’t even question what it was about and didn’t ask us to elaborate over the phone.
Sitting here, both of us holding coffees since we were both full and bloated from our giant breakfast with Thomas, I smiled when I saw Rachel entering the diner, her eyes searching for us. When her eyes landed on us,
