Chapter 67

• Brandi
• “She’s not here. Maybe she went back inside.” I breathe a sigh of relief that Colin didn’t find me.
• “Thank you,” I say once I remove the book from my mouth. He doesn’t respond, only nods and slinks to the other end of the treehouse. I settle in the reading nook at the other corner and open my book to read, but I can’t concentrate as my eyes kept going back to Cole, who is staring out in the distance. I find myself curious about what he is looking at, so after fifteen minutes of pretending to read, I drop the book and make my way over to him. There were numerous trees around but not much of a view, but I still say.