Chapter 6

Kristen’s POV

“We don’t know any of the neighbors,” Jake said. I took a step back towards the door, wondering if I should just leave quietly. 

But that seemed kind of rude, too, so I just stayed where I was as Jake battled with his babysitter. 

“Noah can make friends.” 

“Are you insane?” he demanded. 

“I don’t know who those people are. They could be sadists or criminals or murderers with bodies in their freezers.” I could hear the eye roll in Janet’s tone.

 “See you in half an hour, Jake,” she said. The line went dead. Jake stared at the machine for a second and then he turned to me as though he realized I was still standing there. 

“Did she just hang up on me?” 

“Uh… I think she might have.” 

“God damn it,” he said with frustration.

 “What the hell am I going to do? We’ve been anticipating this dinner forever. It took months of preparation to get all parties to agree to this me