Chapter 23: Being Sixteen With Longings

The Reality of Being Sixteen in Glenavare

Glenavare was a town where change happened slowly, but Catherine and Kaitherine had learned that time didn’t wait for anyone. At sixteen, they weren’t ordinary teenagers.

Most of their classmates worried about exams, social circles, or dating. But for the twins, life was more than just high school. It was a game of calculated steps, each movement carefully measured. They lived cautiously, always observing, always aware.

They had learned young that questions could be dangerous, that curiosity came with consequences. Their mother, Celine, and Cleo never spoke of the past, and the twins had stopped asking. But that didn’t mean they weren’t thinking about it.

Catherine was the more methodical one, always analyzing, always making sure no mistake was made. Kaitherine, while just as sharp, had a quiet fire beneath her patience a restless energy that whispered of the need to break free.