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A storm was gathering in the east. I could see the dark clouds gathering overhead, moving like one great entity as it swept over town. With the sun setting opposite the storm, it only illuminated the grey and bleak skies.
I’d only just gotten home, and Asher still wasn’t back. He had left school way before Lily and me, and I wondered if he was still meeting with Padma like he said he would. What could they possibly be talking about until now?
Amelia was downstairs in the kitchen, working as usual. Sometimes, I thought she only did that to distract herself from everything that was going in around her. It was certainly a good strategy, and perhaps that was what I needed to do. As I sat by the window and stared at the storm clouds, I wondered if I couldn’t find something to distract m
