The men had gone to the basement when Malik had messaged Elio while she’d been chatting with Brix. Dinner had been paused waiting for the men to come home. Pia had fallen asleep in an armchair earlier and now it was approaching eight and Brix was not home yet. Rosa and Kendall were putting dinner away. She heard clamoring and Rosa telling someone to go. This house always had one of the guys off to do one thing or another. Jolie sat on the sofa eavesdropping in the living room sipping a glass of wine when seconds after Rosa spoke she saw Trey tear through the house with Elio and Fabrizio on his heels and slamming the outer door behind them. She stood up and looked at Keely and Opal in confusion. “What is going on?” “I don’t know,” Keely stood up as well. Rosa came into the living room a

