Chapter 88

Hearing the front door open,. I get a whiff of Rylands scent before hearing him trying to calm Orion down. I grab my coffee heading out the back away from them. I sit at the table and chairs on the back varandar before seeing Orion's smokes sitting on the table. I grab one lighting it, enjoying the burning sensation in the back of my throat. I haven't smoked since just before I found out I was pregnant with Mara. I must admit I did miss smoking, as stupid as that seemed. Nothing better than a coffee and a smoke first thing in the morning. The arguing inside stopped, the house falling silent when I heard a car start before leaving. The laundry door opens and I scramble to put my smoke out. "Don't make it a habit" I hear Ryland say and I sit back. "I thought you were Orion," I told him. Knowing Orion loved giving me lectures about smoking. He sits in the chair across from me with his own coffee in his hand. I light my smoke again. "Who left?&q