Chapter 42: A Trip to the City

It was a major surprise to me when Felix knocked on my bedroom door.

When I opened it, he was leaning against the door frame. He was wearing a leather jacket with a plain black T-shirt underneath—his usual attire. The one thing that was considerably different about him was the look on his eyes. The neutrality he’d shown me earlier was gone.

I’d never met this Felix Russell before.

“I’m going into the city tonight,” he told me. “I was wondering if you wanted to come with me.”

I searched his eyes before responding, “And what are we going to do there exactly?”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

I wanted to tell him I wasn’t but I kept that to myself. He probably already heard it anyway. Driving into the city was exactly what I needed to fight this endless boredom away and it excited me, the thought of going back.

“Give me a few minutes,” I replied before closing the door.

I got ready in record time. It was only a shame that I had to wear my old clothes which were starting to look less presentable