Chapter 21

The rest of the drive was fairly quiet, the girls chatting between themselves in the backseat while I focused on navigating the clusterfuck that was Sydney traffic. I avoided most of the traffic and even two car accidents, and before long we were all in the elevator to the apartment. I wondered how things would change once our parents returned home, I doubt I'd have free reign of dad's car and I'd probably be expected to have a job much sooner. Tori and I would also have to be much more careful with our parents around.

I just wanted to spend as much time with my little sister as I could before things went back to what could be called normal.

Once in the apartment I told the girls to grab some drinks—beer for me—and meet me out at the hot tub, I was going to get it started for them.

I took off my new boots and left them by the front door before heading out to get the hot tub started. The air was cool on our level of the apartment building and I knew the hot tub would