CHAPTER 21

  The duo was still seated in the living room relaxing their nerves with the chilled fruit juice that Allison kept on coming to refill their glasses with, chatting about random stuff going on in their workplace and personal life, then also taking little breaks in between their conversation to glance at the television screen when Dorothy came downstairs from her room into the living room.

  They both did not take note of her presence until she was a bit closer to the sofa they were seated in. "Hello ma'am" Cleo who was the first person to notice her greeted cheerfully, a bright smile on her face.

  "Good day," Everly mumbled, avoiding eye contact with her.

  Dorothy paused and looked at them like a piece of trash before continuing her journey to the kitchen without uttering a single word to them.

  "So that is it?" Cleo whispered, pained about being snubbed like that.

  "I told you" Everly replied, taking her gaze back to the TV screen.