Tessa
Slowly I open the door to my mother's office and look at the three people who are already inside and ask, "Mom, what's up?" She sits on her desk chair and has her legs crossed while Cole leans against the table and lays his hands gently on her shoulders.
Elijah has squeezed into an empty corner of the room and makes an angry face. He stares firmly at the floor as I enter the room and seems to try not to look up. Does he already know what the adults have to say?
"Since you are here now, we can tell you what we have planned for this weekend," she claps her hands so suddenly that I flinch slightly. Cole doesn't seem to be doing her any good. He makes her much too happy.
"You've got something planned," Elijah now speaks up and lifts his gaze. "Isn't it enough that they sleep here at
