Chapter 459

Cadence left, along with all of the others who had come up with us, and those who came up in the second trip, except for Tara and Amanda. Dax came over to me, and I let go of Brandon’s hand momentarily to give him a hug. “How are you?”

“So much better now that I’m here,” he said. “That was the worst experience of my life.”

I didn’t want to ask him to compare watching Tara almost die from Bonnie’s attack, so I didn’t mention it. “It’s so great to see you again.”

“Thanks. Tara and I are going to go down the hall for a few minutes. There’s a little lounge over there. We just wanna talk in private.”

“Oh, okay. See you soon.” I knew they could talk in private right here through their IACs, but I couldn’t blame him for wanting to spend some alone time with his girlfriend. I wanted Brandon to myself, too, but his mother was sitting right here.