- Glyndon Walton (song of the chapter: Tongue, Maribou State by Holly Walker)
I sat there blankly staring at nothing.
Kathrine still was not back.
Maybe she wasn't coming back tonight. Maybe she was staying with her friends, curled up next to Brandon, still surrounded by people who mattered to her.
Not me.
Never me.
I swallowed hard, forcing my gaze onto the TV. Some action movie was playing—something loud, filled with explosions and car chases. I barely processed it.
Then—
A sound.
A faint shuffle. Footsteps.
My entire body tensed.
The handle to the door turned.
I sucked in a breath, my pulse thundering in my ears as the door creaked open.
And there she was.
Kathrine.
She stepped inside, her expression unreadable, her gaze flicking between me and Alex.
She is dressed in the same crop top and skirt that she put on this morning before leaving the room.
