Bad News

KADEN

Twenty three minutes. That’s what it took before I saw Casper and Lent walk through the front door of the house. So much for five minutes.

“What’s up? What’s going on? You sounded a bit hurried over the phone? Were you being chased?” I asked, immediately they took their seats in the living room. Kim said a ‘Hi’ as she strolled past the kitchen to the stairs. She was probably retiring for a nap. She needed it though. She has been up and running since morning. Liam had gone out to process Storm’s request.

No not now. Don’t think of Storm, I chanted to my mind, refusing to let my frustration show on my face. I didn’t consider it the right time to tell my friends yet, and wasn’t ready for their questioning.

“No, not at all. He was trying to escape the clutches of a young lady who thought him the finest being to ever exist.” Lent answered, laughing boisterously the next second, obviously re-living the memory in his mind.

I looked at Casper, and the latter shrugged, not saying a w