Chapter 27

Mia's POV

"Where are we going?" I asked Mabel. We had been walking for only ten minutes, but I was getting impatient. And my knees were getting weak. I realized I had not fully recovered from the fever, and would have been better off staying on the bed.

But I brought this on myself and I wasn't about to regret it. Besides, Mabel had got me hooked. I had the feeling I was about to get the greatest revelation of my life, and I was sure that I would have been restless had I stayed on the bed.

Better to get it over and done with now.

"Where are we going?" I asked again when Mabel didn't reply the first time.

"You will see," she replied.

"Can't you tell me?" I asked, very curious.

Mabel turned to face me. "Well, if you must know, we're going to drop off these dishes at my house,"

"Your house can't be what you're going to show me, can it?" I pointed out.

"And after that, we're going to go see your parents." she said as though she never completed her first answer.

The sentence hit me