Page 24 of The Stone Secret
“But still…” Saffe rubs the back of his neck. “Dayn won’t mess with you.”
“He can’t mess with you either, if you don’t let him,” Waxen said.
I flipped another omelet onto another plate and held it out to Saffe.
“He doesn’t want it,” Dayn said from the doorway. “We’re eating at Stone Comfort.” He jerked his chin at Saffe. “Move.”
Saffe hurried over to the larger goyle.
Dayn gave me a smug look and threw a lip curl Waxen’s way before heading off, Saffe in tow.
Yep, he was a total turd. “What is his problem?”
“Small dick,” Waxen said. “It’s got to be.”
I bit back a snort and put Saffe’s omelet onto his plate.
“I smell omelets!” Ginia entered followed by Palia. “Ham and cheese?”
“Of course.”
Shar joined us a few minutes later, and Waxen excused himself in favor of the gym. It wasn’t until we were polishing off our food that Touron emerged, freshly showered, sandy hair slicked back from his handsome face, but his eyes were bloodshot as if from lack of sleep.
“What happened to you?” Ginia asked. “You went to bed early last night.”
He poured coffee and stifled a yawn. “I didn’t sleep well, though.”
He grabbed some toast and the remaining omelet, then joined us at the table. “What did I miss?”
“Waxen confirmed to Cam that Dayn has a small dick,” Ginia said.
Palia shot her sister a lethal look, mumbling admonishment through a mouthful of food.
Ginia giggled. “Dick.”
Palia swallowed her mouthful. “Ginia!”
Now that everyone was here, and we were alone… “There is something I wanted to speak to you about.”
“Go on,” Shar said.
“There’s something wrong with Melanie.”
“The ghost?” Palia looked confused. “I mean, she’s dead, so…”
“Yeah, but she’s gone all weird since she broke into the office.”
“What do you mean?” Touron asked.
I filled them in on Melanie’s strange behavior. “Forgetfulness is normal in ghosts when they’ve been stuck on this plane for long enough, but I’m thinking that maybe something happened to her. I mean, Flora was found unconscious on the office floor the same night that Melanie did her snooping, right?”
“And the information she came back with was wrong…” Shar added, jumping straight onto my train of thought.
“Or maybe that’s what they put in the file?” Palia suggested.
“You think someone caught Melanie and did something to her?” Touron asked. “You think they planted the lie in her head about what was in Romi’s file?”
“Maybe.”
