C185 This Place Does Not Welcome You

In the bedroom, Zoie listened to the sighs of her parents wafting up from downstairs, her own heart heavy with worry.

Rollins glanced at the clock and remarked, "It's 9 o'clock. Aren't you going to take a shower, honey?"

"A shower? With mom and dad sighing like that downstairs, they're probably just waiting for Old Madame Ramirez to show up," Zoie retorted, clearly irritated