Silence followed.

Nobody seemed to say anything.

Everyone was silent, some were confused, People like Derek and Reina.

Derek stared at Evelyn with a scowl that couldn't hide the confusion behind his eyes.

The air felt wrong, like something had entered the room the moment Evelyn and Reina stepped through that door.

The moment Evelyn had frozen at the sight of James.

Her surprise hadn’t gone unnoticed.

And now it gnawed at him.

He was still trying to process everything he had ...