Helanie:
"Good morning," I greeted everyone as I joined them for breakfast. Only Norman and my mother were at the table.
I stayed up late last night reading Emmet's book with him. He was so talented. I didn't know he was writing his own book about different research topics and weapons. He even mentioned the findings of Purple Rose.
Norman just scoffed while going through a file, and my mother rolled her eyes. I sat across from her awkwardly.
The silence was so intense that if Norman's phone hadn't rung, we would have drowned in it.
He got up, answered his call, and walked away from us. It was as if fate wanted me to suffer.
Now that it was just my mom and me, anxiety started to rise in my body because I could tell she was getting ready to have a word with me.
"What happened to you yesterday?" she asked in a cold tone, her eyes on the door to make sure nobody saw her talking to me.