Chapter 23

• “You are joking. Right?” Without waiting for a response, Ezra turned away from Jadon and stared at Kaelo. “He’s joking, isn’t he?” he pressed, his voice almost pleading for confirmation.
• On the other side of the table, Kaelo studied Jadon with narrowed eyes before he responded to Ezra with an exasperated, heavy sigh. “I don’t think he is. This is what he wouldn’t tell us the other day,” he said in a voice full of accusation. “This is the reason he forgot his phone in his car and got drunk.”
• Ezra’s wide eyes whipped back around toward Jadon. “Seriously? But… Okay.” He waved a hand in the air, the frown on his face only getting deeper as though he was trying hard to understand but it just wasn’t happening. It was almost comical to watch and Jadon would have chuckled if he didn’t think one or both of his friends would take it the wrong way and he would probably end up with a bruised jaw for his trouble.