Chapter 45 Thank You Dinner Turned Sour

• Katarina
• I step into the kitchen, inhaling the sweet scent of spices and sizzling vegetables. Roselyn is at the counter, her hands chopping them fast, like an expert, as she prepares to make dinner. The whole day has felt like a blur, and I’m still trying to pull myself out of the fog from last night’s chaos. I barely left my room. Part of me still can’t believe I made it out alive.
• “Hi, Roselyn,” I say, my voice quiet, not as bright as usual.