Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 1924

Alec and I sat there, trying to act cool, but you could feel the tension in the air. When the door finally creaked open, I saw my mom standing there. Sophie had on this neat pair of jeans and a crisp white blouse, her hair pulled back in a sleek ponytail. She looked like she had it all together.

"You, come with me," she said, motioning for me to follow her.

I pointed to myself, a bit surprised. "Me?"

"Yes, you."

With that, Sophie turned and left the room. I glanced over at Alec. He gave me a reassuring nod, signaling that he didn't think Sophie was out to get us.

I trailed behind Sophie as she led me into an empty room nearby. My stomach did a little flip of nerves.

"Mrs. Costello, what's up? Why did you call me out here?" I asked, trying to keep my voice steady.

"I did some checking. There aren't any students named you or Alec at Eastwood College."

Her fingers drummed a steady beat on the table, filling the silence with a rhythmic tension. I held my breath without even realizing it.

She studied me closely. "You're not from Eastwood College, are you? Why the fib?"

students there, we didn't lie, it's just..."

from the future?"

me cold. I stared at her, trying to

with a mix of

moment I saw you, something clicked. You felt like my

"Mom..."

with Mrs. Costello for now," she interrupted with a slight chuckle. It seemed she was still wrapping her head around the idea of being a college

is he Adler and

I nodded eagerly. "Yep."

He's the spitting image of

for a moment. "So, why are you guys

dreaming," I said. "We just kind of ended

dream, huh," she mused, a soft laugh escaping

kind of

no playground.

know. I just wanted to see what my

"And now you have?"

"Yeah..."

to think grown-ups