Poppy:
Rain, this is Poppy. Please tell me I got the right number?
Rain:
Yep, this is me.
Poppy:
I don't know what to do. I'm heading out there, but I just saw my mother in the school. She and Ms. Valentina came out of one of the bathrooms on the second floor!
Rain:
You saw Ms. Hawthorne?
Poppy:
Yes, and the woman who was involved in the attacks against Aspen a while back.
Rain:
Where?
Poppy:
I don't know where they are now, but I'm trying to get to Pascal.
I looked up, scanning the stands on either side of me. I saw my dads. They were watching Ms. Rhodes talk. A few rows behind them was Keir. Thankfully, not only Pascal, but most of the other sentinels were sitting with him.
Rain:
North side bleachers. He's in the second section from the front, right by Bracken and Liam.
Poppy:
Ok, I'm coming. What do I do?
In truth, I didn't have a clue. Ms. Hawthorne had made a vow that she wouldn't come back. No, wait. She'd promised she wouldn't walk onto the property, or drive.
Rain:
How did they get here?
It took a little too long to get a reply. In that time, I flipped over to the group chat with the court.
Rain:
Poppy just texted me that she saw her mom inside. She's trying to get to the sentinels.
Keir:
Where is her mom?
Rain:
The school.
I saw him turn and talk to his friends, then all of them stood. That caught the attention of my dads. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but Keir gestured for them to stay even as he and the sentinels headed towards the aisle that would get them out of the seating area. Then my phone dinged again.
