The sun was starting to set. Lola stood by the window in the living room as everyone else had headed out after the contracts were signed. She looked at the houses down the road with the lights on. The mansion was on top of a hill, and the view of the town was mesmerizing.

“Hi, you.”

She turned around in shock when she heard Ash’s voice.

“Hi,” she said coldly and glared as he walked in.

“How are you feeling?”

It was odd, she thought, that Ash was ...