Chapter 44

Persuaded, or so they hoped, to not do anything crazy, the trio ambled towards the school's exit after the seventh period, of course, with numerous feminine faces they'd never known frequented that school, buzzing around them like hungry bees.

Excruciatingly infuriating.

Mimie hadn't said a word to either of them, which was off of the girl's attitude.

"I got to meet these McCoys of a neighbor last week," she initiated a topic that will no doubt urge Mimie to talk. "Town's gossip was right, they got three lovely kids."

Mimie, besides being mute, didn't retract her gaze from her feet as she walked. So to say, she seemed aloof concerning the topic she once was excited about.

"Two pretty girls and an adorable boy," she nudged Mimie with a perspicacious smile. Yet, nothing but a faint affirmative hum escaped her throat.

"Adorable, hmm. Smells Bermuda Triangle soon. Seth won't like this."

"I don't think Seth will mind being caught in a Bermuda triangle with a lovely six-month-old or