Thirty three

Maxine's Point of View

After sipping the soup Louis gave me I left the room and went downstairs to go to the living room. When I arrived, the five men were gone. Where are they? I just shrugged and walked to the garden. When I saw a small rock I kicked it and then I ran closer to it and kicked it again. That’s just what I was doing while heading to the mansion's garden, until I heard Byron’s voice calling to me.

"Tardy!"

I stopped kicking the rock before I lifted my head and looked for Byron. He waved at me so I noticed him immediately. He took shelter under a big tree and he wasn't the only one there because his cousins were also there. Louis waved at me as Byron did. Sid, on the other hand, has his attention on the phone, he's definitely playing again. Giles just smiled. And Alyn... he was reading a book.