Chapter 62. Some Distance

Rhys POV

Returning to my room, I ran into Mars, who fell in step with me. Apparently, he had been looking for me.

“Why didn’t you just call me on my cell?” I reprimanded him as I unlocked my door.

He sighed, throwing up his hands. “I didn’t think of that. I assumed you would be in your room getting ready. Did your laundry arrive? I sent it through Matilda.”

It did, and I told him so. The bag containing the clothes was still untouched in my closet. In it was my late father’s suit, the one I had chosen to wear for the festival.

I had other choices, but I felt at peace with his memory whenever I wore it. Sometimes I sensed him around me when I was alone, and I hoped that wherever he was, he was proud of me.

“Did you come looking for me because of laundry?