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Then he turns on his heel and leaves the room. A second later the front door slams and a stunned silence settles on the room.
Raven bursts into noisy sobs.
Thorn and Rebel look shell-shocked. I feel shell-shocked.
“Are you guys okay?” Baxter asks.
“Should I go after him?” Raven asks at the same time.
“No. Let him work through his demons. He’s just scared, I promise. He’ll come around,” I say, while crossing my fingers that it’s true.
“I-I-I’m going to go to bed,” Raven stammers. Her face is tear stained and even though they’re red-rimmed, the green of her eyes looks so bright. “Alone,” she quickly adds, as if any of us would consider trying to encroach on her space tonight.
“Okay, do you want me to let you know when he gets home?” I offer.
“No.” She shakes her head sadly. “He can come to us when he’s ready.”
And then she leaves the room and an astonished silence falls on the rest of us once more.
Amelie: The tree is felled. And I don’t say this often, but I owe you one. Thank you.
Baxter: And the family?
Amelie: Taken care of. For life.
Baxter: Thank you. I’ll incur the costs.
Amelie: No need. This one’s on me, personally.
Baxter: Thank you.
Amelie: No need to thank me. We took care of the rotten apples too. I enjoy a nice little spring cleaning session, does wonders for the complexion. I do however, suspect the roots on this tree may go even deeper than we first thought. I won’t have skin infiltrating The Order when we worked so hard to remove it.
Baxter: Have fun weeding them out.
Amelie: I always do.
