บท 51: Chapter 51

It turned out that Evy wasn’t able to make it after all, and after talking about Emil’s call with her, Makai couldn’t help but to feel relief. He was barely ready to meet Emil’s mom: his therapist, nice as she sounded, was a bit… different.

Nora Newman arrived in a cinnamon-scented whirl of efficiency, and Emil, who was chopping cucumbers, chuckled at Makai’s expression.

“So, cake!” Nora said after introducing herself to Makai. “I have some lemon bars in the car, if one of you would get them for me?”

The cake was massive, and she’d barely been able to carry it in. Makai suspected she’d still taken the cake instead of the lemon bars because she didn’t trust anyone else to carry it.

Emil dumped the last of the cucumbers into a bowl and said, “I’ll get them!” He grinned at Makai when Nora wasn’t looking.