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The first night sleeping in the mansion was Hell. Evalynn couldn't get comfortable no matter what she did. Getting up, she padded across the hall to the room Evan was in. She knocked softly before entering.

"You can't sleep, either?" he asked.

"No," she replied.

"Come here," he said.

She walked over and slid into the giant bed beside him.

"I wanna go home," she whispered.

"I know. Marissa scares me," Evan whispered back.

"She scares you?"

"Yeah, it's like, no wonder he left Mom. That woman is a diva. It's scary."

Evalynn smiled, laughing softly.

"Were you texting Connor on the way here?"

"Yeah. We were going to spend Christmas together."

"I'm sorry."

"He might be on his way here."

"Wait. What?" Evan asked.

"Well, I explained we were heading to Colorado to meet the stepwitch and our siblings, and he asked where so he could come after me."

"Stepwitch? I like it."

"Yeah, so anyway, I told him where we were staying in Colorado and I haven't heard from him since."

Evan looked at his twin sister in the dark, contemplating the words.

"I wouldn't worry too much. He obviously cares about you a lot to come after you, and he's probably just too busy driving to talk."

"Yeah, probably. Thanks, Evan."

"Of course, Lynn. Good night."

"Night."

They fell asleep like that, much the same as Connor and Zoe had a few months back.

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