39: Sorry

SUNSHINE:

My heart raced.

This was so embarrassing. How would I continue my lie?

Please don’t say anything, I begged inside my head as Thalia looked at me with a knowing expression.

Did Brody hear my statement? What if he did and made fun of me like my step-brothers did?

Relax, Sunshine. You got this. If Brody did listen to you, he would react to your statement.

Yeah. That might be true.

Still, there was also the fact that he might have heard my previous statement.

My hands suddenly went clammy.

“H-Hi, Brody,” I greeted when no one was going to talk.

My heart raced as fear ate my system. Please…tell me you haven’t heard anything.

"Sunny.” His gaze shifted to my stepbrother. “Alpha Knoxx,” he greeted.

“What’s up? What brought you here? Coffee?” Did my voice shake in the end? "Order what you want. My treat. You've been good to me the last time we met."

"That man was good to you, Sunny? What did he do?"

"He brought chicken at the market and someone gave him fish. Then we feasted