Chapter 36: New Year

Ylana POV

The Garnet family was sitting in the kitchen eating breakfast when Carmine joined them. “Are we all ready for tonight?” he asked.

“Who’s that?” Indigo whispered when Carmine walked into the kitchen for breakfast.

Ylana snorted as she drank her orange juice. “He can hear you when you whisper, you know.”

Indigo looked sheepishly at Carmine. “Sorry.”

Carmine sat at the table with his coffee in hand. “It’s alright. How are you, um, holding up?”

Indigo swallowed the pancakes that were in his mouth. “It’s great here! Ginger’s going to help me paint my room tomorrow, and soon all the furniture we bought should be delivered. Ginger even said we can go shopping for some clothes soon to fill that huge closet I have.”

“Carmine,” Harkin said, “is asking, I think, how you’re doing with knowing our secret.”

Indigo put his fork down. “Oh! You’re the Carmine guy they all talk about. It’s nice to meet you.”

Carmine gave Indigo a nod. “Likewise.”