~~PEYTON~~
I clear my throat as I press the phone against my ear. Odin picks up at the first ring.
"What is it?" His voice is clipped, impatient, as if I’m interrupting something far more important than his wife's call. My stomach churns. This is going to be impossible.
I snivel as if I’ve been crying for a long time.
"Odin, come home, please. I… I…"
"What the f**k happened?" he interrupts, his voice sharper.
Now that I have his attention, I start sobbing. God, I’m not good at this, but I have no choice. Raphael's gaze is burning into me.
"The house is on fire!" I say, my voice cracking as I cry like a dramatic actress who just found out her understudy got the lead role.
"Peyton, what the f**k did you do?" he hollers, and I squirm at the tone. "It's barely an hour since I left, and
