Chapter 49

~CAMILLE~

After work, I head straight home, exhausted but already dreading the emotional minefield tonight might bring. The moment I step through the door, Carter is on the couch with a game controller in hand, his legs thrown over the edge on the table.

"Hey," I say, kicking off my shoes. "Do you wanna come with me to Niklaus's house tonight? He wants us to make pancakes together. It's uh, it's okay if you don't want to, I'll try to..."

Carter looks up like I just offered him a PS5. "For real? Like he wants us to make pancakes with him?"

I nod.

"Hell yeah!" He jumps to his feet, already rushing toward the bathroom. "Lemme take a quick bath. I've never been inside a drug lord's mansion before."

"Carter!" I yell, laughing despite myself. "He's not a drug lord."

"Right, right. Mafia prince or something. Still counts."