CHAPTER 53

  Conner snarled. "You could've saved me the embarrassment of making a fool of myself and told me!" He growled.

  I juggled the keys, smirking. "But that would be no fun, now would it?" I placed the key into the lock, jiggling it for a while before the key clicked into place. I twisted it and the metal door opened with a small crack and a wave of hot air, the door opened, luckily not falling out of its hinges.

  "Wow! It looks even better inside!" Both Cindy and Raleigh gaped. The two jubilant girls flew past me, examining all the furniture and other plush articles. Well...Cindy did. Raleigh had more so wandered to the portraits and family pictures we'd hung on the walls.

  "Wow. I'm impressed, big bro." Jasmine whistled, standing next to me. "And here I thought it'd be a rickety little cabin with straw mats and a wooden furnace."

  I snickered. "I can have that arranged for you if that's what you were hoping for." I teased.

  Jasmine's nose wrinkled. "Yeah...I think I'll pass."