Reuniting

Kael

As I looked at the clock, a strange feeling of anxiety took hold of me, resembling that of a teenager about to go on a first date, which was, in fact, ridiculous. I had already given Ryan all the instructions about the next steps, hoping he would follow them faithfully and that nothing would deviate from my intentions.

As agreed with Rachel during our afternoon meeting, only Sarah was left to fulfill her part of the deal. Uncertainty hung over me: would she once again follow her sister's will, or would she show determination to forge her own path this time?

If Rachel was right and Sarah was as selfish as she claimed, I would find out in a few encounters. I would do what was necessary to form my own opinion on the matter. I hadn't reached a conclusion about Sarah yet, and for some reason that I preferred not to analyze at the moment, it worried me.

I walked through the living room of my penthouse apartment in Ballard, in the same building where I convinced Rachel to buy hers. She