C19

[Kendall]

“Elora ?” I ask when Dante puts her on the phone.

“Kendall! God, it’s so good to hear your voice,” Elora says, almost in a high-pitched squeal.

I wince and move the phone from my face, laughing a little. “It has been a while,” I say.

“Are you dying having to hang out with my boring, stupid brother all this time?” she asks.

I think about the night before