C84 CHAPTER 82

"What's with the mascot?" Jacob asks as he makes his way across the beach to where the group of us is gathered. "He's a friend," I say, nodding to Hugo in his cage, whom the staff let us borrow. He twitters in response. Jacob goes to join the others, but I turn toward the sea. For the rehearsal, it's supposed to be our close friends, plus Haley and Dad and the kids