Chapter 40

Hope

I survived the past two days of living with Killian by staying out of his way, keeping to my bedroom, and remaining quiet at dinner.

We hadn't spoken much to each other since Scott helped me settle. I didn't know why and I didn't bother to ask too because Killian wouldn't talk. He'd given me major cold shoulders and only spoke to me when I asked for instructions. I tended to do that often because I got lost a lot.

Albeit, today, I was particularly bored out of my mind and decided I was going to visit the diner for some adrenaline pump.

After getting off a call for my mother and assuring her I was taking care of myself properly, I brushed my teeth, took a bath in my bathroom, and thirty minutes later, I was giving myself a final once over on the mirror.

I finger-combed my hair, picked up my black bag, and headed out the door towards the stairs and now the living room where I met Killian walking out of the kitchen with a newspaper in his hand and a cup of coffee in the other.

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