“Mmhmm.” Her full lips twisted into a wry grin. “At first, the curse felt like a horrible mistake. But the longer I’m here and get to know you three, I realize it’s the furthest thing from a mistake. It’s just the conservation of energy. My energy towards my dream wasn’t destroyed. It just turned into a different dream. One of love. Passion. Everything good this house had to offer. When you look at it like that, it doesn’t seem like such a mistake after all, does it?”

I kissed her on the head. “It makes perfect sense.”

And it did. Because for the first time since I had come into the house, I had a new viewpoint on why I was in here. A purpose for my entrapment.

I had credence. Savannah was both my truth and my faith.

20. Theo

It was weird how quickly things became natural.
From Savannah coming into the house, to falling in love with her, to watching her fall in love with the other two…none of it felt strange. It all seemed like it was meant to be. She had quite literally saved my life when I ran out of hooch. Probably more than once, because there had been hard days since then. But with Savannah by my side, they were getting a lot easier.

When she came upstairs, hand in hand with Felix, a grin stretching from ear to ear, I knew she had done the impossible. Not only had they made up, but she had discovered what was behind Felix’s secret door. When he left her at my bedroom, pressing a kiss to her jaw and telling her he loved her, I just about fell over. If that wasn’t proof everything was right in our little world, I don’t know what was. The earlier drama in the front room had shaken our foundation for a moment or two, and left me seeking shelter in my bedroom, but now all was well again.

She grinned at me as she danced into my room. “You told me to give up, Theo, and guess what? I didn’t. Do you want to know what’s behind the door? Can you guess?”

I smiled, leaning back on my headboard. She was in a fantastic mood, and I just wanted to watch her shine. “Let’s see…a nuclear warhead?”

Savannah laughed. I fucking loved making her laugh. It was the closest I came to a high since I got sober. “Close, but no cigar.”

“An entire harem of women he hasn’t been sharing with us for the last decade?”

She shook her head. “He wishes. You wish…”

I crossed my arms behind my head. “I give up, sweet girl. Tell me.”

Savannah sat on the end of my bed, biting her lip and raising her eyebrow like she had the juiciest secret to share. “Orchids.”