Chapter 75:

CLEO.

I stand there, watching. My eyes simply skimmed at the already panicked crowd, I don’t run, I don't even try to move, everyone’s holding their breath and I wonder how long that will take.

According to research, one can only hold one’s breath for thirty to ninety seconds, before they inhale again, and when they inhale again, the smoke will be going down their throat.

The glass of mimosa feels cold against my grasp, even when people shove me aside, telling me to run. I simply ignore them, I am breathing freely, no doubt, because why else will I remain here and not join the panicked crowd?

My eyes turn to look for the couple of the night, Zeke and Aastrid, but it seems like they have joined the running crowd. I see Juniper, she’s looking ravishing tonight, like me, and she’s breathing just fine.

“We are going along with the plan.” I had told her this morning that even when her panicked eyes stretched wide, I always wondered how she was so innocent, not wanting to do any of this ba