Chapter 60

Jace, John, and Eric had stayed behind. Eric was usually around, and he claimed he hadn't eaten all morning. I was almost sure that was not true.

Jace seemed curious as to why I had offered another hour to the guys, and John probably stayed because he's third in command.

While Dylan began talking with John and Jace, Eric was keeping me company in the kitchen. He kept picking at the pieces of bacon I was frying in the pan. By the time I put them in the plate, half of the bacon strips were gone.

"If you keep doing that, I'm never going to finish," I scolded him.

He just grinned at me, shrugged, and popped another piece in his mouth.

When Eric and I walked into the dining room with the breakfast I'd just made- Dylan, Jace, and John went silent.

"Why did you delay the meeting?" Dylan asked. The other guys had already started serving their plates, except for Dylan.

I began piling his plate with food, taking my time. I was only buying myself some time- not that it would matter in the end. I