Chapter 28

Alex stirred on his bed as he tried to fund the right position to sleep. And yet, it seemed like an impossible task. All the sleep had disappeared from his eyes, leaving him tired with heavy eyes.

He went over the events of the last couple of days kaleidoscopically in his mind’s eye, wondering what might have happened if he’d even tried to do one thing differently. The question was, what?

It was not his fault that his father had become somewhat secluded, obsessed with finding out what was wrong with him, and neither was it his fault that his mother had suddenly gotten overprotective about Charlotte and him, especially him.

It was like she was always on the lookout, watching out for danger like it was lying in wait by the door and would jump on them once the door opened.

Charlotte was the only one who still seemed normal. Her ballet competition in school was coming up, so she had doubled up her ballet practice, spending two more hours after school every day pr