Dylan was distant during lunch and Alyssa finally remembered to check her phone (it had been vibrating non-stop during her showdown with Parker) while she was pushing around vegetables on her plate. Dylan’s solemn mood had killed her appetite.
“Melanie wants to come over,” Alyssa said in surprise, peering at the message in her phone.
“Any reason?”Dykan asked politely as he pushed his half-eaten plate of steak aside.
Alyssa hesitated for a beat before confessing,
“That day you told me I should find out if my dad had anymore of that alpha poison….well I did listen to you… sort of.. I ended up deciding to ask Melanie if she could find out the extent of Sybl’s potion developments. It helped lift my mood that at least I was doing something to find stuff out. My father wouldn’t have been
