Chapter 47

I watched him leave feeling at odds with a lot of things but shrugged it off.

“It’s probably just the night and all that’s happened.”

I opened Andre’s door and turned on the lights. He didn’t have a coffee table like I had in my living room so the only thing I had to move was the sofa, I pushed it against the wall and did the same to the armchair until there was a big enough space for the mattress. Because of all that happened that night, I found myself creeping into the room to check the balcony door and twisting the handle twice to make sure it was locked. I had just done that when Andre and Shewa came in carrying the mattress. Andre caught me coming out of his room.

“What were you doing in there?”

“Making sure our throats aren’t slit tonight. Good thing you locked your balcony door.”

He gave me a look but said nothing. Shewa stood back and let him put the mattress down. He was adjusting the edges when I looked up and caught her mischievous grin. She