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When Melody turned back around she noticed half the table was gone too It had all happened so fast, when she wasn’t even looking

“Where’s everyone going?” she asked She reached reflexively for her phone that wasn’t there “W—What time is it anyway?”

No one answered No one even looked at her

“Excuse er man on his way out “Do you happen to have the time?”

He turned halfway around, only to stare blankly back at her Where there should’ve been youth, and vigor, and near limitless stae The young man appeared very weary, exhausted even, when he finally answered her question

“No one does,” he said, before slinking away

Eight

Melody lay in her bed, drenched in sweat

No heat she’d ever felt had been this bad, had made her this unco over her like a wet blanket as she stared at the ceiling, stifling each breath she tried to take She’d thrown her covers off long ago Stripped down to practically nothing, and yet still she was still too hot

A big part of it was the roole ; no et it open She had no idea what tiht o’clock It could’ve been two in the

I wonder if my driver is still there?

At some point thethe night, and report it back to Xio A

ll she kneas she’d been sent to Evermoore for a specific reason, and so far all she’d done was eat ‘supper’

She flipped over and over, restlessly Already she was regretting their decision to turn in early and start looking for the egg in the h, it seeone to bed She and Eric had walked most of the first floor on the way back to their rooh nae furniture Every roo hardly lit… but still illuminated

“Get some sleep,” he’d told her “We’ll start early to and be out of here before anyone even knoe’re gone”