Chapter 46

We went to meet Diane after having breakfast so I could tell her about the gift I had discovered and about my intentions of going to Ice crest park.

“Can I go with you?”

“Yes, you can but I really don't want to keep dragging you around with me. The truth is this is my cross and I have to carry it myself. I would be a bad friend if I just cared about myself and not your intentions.”

“What are you talking about? I want to do this. I want to go with you. This would be so much fun.”

I gave her a stare.

“I know, I know. This isn't about fun but them I'll still have fun while at it. I'll like to meet your mother, finally.”

Diane was with some of the elders when we arrived so we had to wait. The weather didn't look happy in any way. I hadn't seen Thorne this morning but I searched around silently with my eyes.

“Searching for Thorne?” Laura asked me. She must have caught me looking around. One thing with Laura was that she missed nothing.

Whenever I have tried to hide things in the past,