25 Chapter 25

Lying as still as I possibly could, I strained to hear what was happening next door. I heard Cadence's water switch off but didn't hear anything else for a while. I assumed she was still in the bathroom, drying off, etc. Just when I was beginning to think I was imagining everything, the bathroom door opened, and I heard my sister shriek. It wasn't a screamlike she was in pain or something was attacking herit was more like the sound someone might make at a surprise party. However, it was enough for me to know I wasn't losing my mind.

It was muffled but distinct enough that I could make out every word. "What are you doing in my bedroom again?" my sister shouted.

Before he even spoke, I knew who she was speaking to. "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!" I heard Aaron say. His voice was becoming too familiar to me. "I just climbed in the window. I had no idea you were in the shower. If I had known, I wouldn't have come in."