73 Growing Pain

“Have you guys done your part?” I asked as soon as I met up with Ren and Nate. The both of them nodded.

“Yeah. My father scolded me for saying it. And I think he wants to talk to you about your weird hiding locations.” Nate says and scratched his cheek in embarrassment.

I tried not to react or panic about the fact that Terrence wants to have a chat with me. Instead, I focused my attention on Ren. “How’d it go with you? They didn’t suspect anything?”

Ren smirked and crossed his arms. “I pretended to be Dan and spilled the beans. They didn’t react when I told them about it. But they did wonder what Dan was doing in Thalia.” He says. “What about you?”

“My aunt seems busy and she looked like she’s going to chew my face when I tell her about it. But I did get to tell King Luke. Though he scolded me as well and kicked me out of the greenhouse.”

Ren raised an eyebrow at me. “He kicked you out? What did you do? Harass the plants?”