(April’s POV) We were doing the dinner dishes. Mom washed, I dried, and Winter put them away. We were pretty quiet as we worked. I was kinda lost in thought, thinking about the argument with Alex. It wasn’t that I didn’t see his point, I did. But he wasn’t hearing a thing I was saying. All he was doing was yelling and ranting. That wasn’t getting us anywhere. So, hopefully my leaving him to cool off will allow us to hold a decent conversation now. As soon as we’re done here, I intend to go find him. “So I hear you had some company in the forest today. I’m curious why you didn’t call for back-up?” I sighed at Winter’s question. He can be just as overbearingly protective as Alex sometimes. “I did. And I did. Austin and Conner were there to back me up.” I answered simply, and before he c

