River took a card from the deck and read it out to Geneviève,
"When was the last time you could say you were truly happy?" River asked, his voice clear and unwavering like silver.
"Every day, I find joy in absolutely everything." Geneviève replied and Fabian squinted,
"Bullshit, I'm not buying it." Fabian interrupted,
"Yeah to be honest neither am I," I added and she glared at me,
"The truth will set you free." River insisted sarcastically,
"Yeah but first it'll piss you off." Geneviève retorted,
"When I was last here," Geneviève admitted tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, and to the trained eye she looked almost vulnerable.
"Elaborate." River persisted, "When were you last here?"
"When I was fourteen okay!" Geneviève rambled and Fabian checked the timer on his phone,
"Fifty-four seconds." Fabian called out, "Damn I would've thought you'd last longer than that."
"Shut up Fabian." Geneviève condemned, "My parents don't come to Geneva anymore, I used to spend summers here with my family all the time and those are probably the best memories I have. But my dad’s side of the family doesn’t get along like they once used to, petty disputes over money and properties got in the way and it separated me and my cousins from each other. We became strangers almost overnight, they say blood is thicker than water, but if it was it wouldn’t have spilt so easily. However, the days of my childhood are long gone now and I learned to be okay with that." Geneviève explicated and even I could sense the undeniable rawness in her tone,
"Thanks for sharing that with us Geneviève ." I appreciated, I felt like someone should've said it because it clearly wasn't easy for her to open up like that in front of everyone.
"Yeah, ten points to River." Merilla declared handing him a marshmallow, did I mention we were counting points in marshmallows?
“Okay, Keomi we’re up next.” Merilla prompted, “Are you ready?”
“As I’ll ever be.” Keomi took a deep breath.
“What’s the worst thing anyone’s ever done to you?” Merilla questioned holding her gaze.
“The worst?” Keomi contemplated for a brief moment, her gaze drifting away to the window. “Well, I don’t usually let anyone get close enough to have that much of an impact on my life.”
“So you’ve never slipped up, not even once?” Merilla insisted,
“You have to kill the spider on the wall before it lays its eggs.” Keomi quoted with a sigh leaning back, “Never let them get close enough to inflict any damage, and know that for every secret you tell someone, you have to get back two of theirs in return.”
“Woah.” I breathed taking note of that.
“Damn, fine you take the crown this time Nakamura.” Merilla congratulated.
“Yay!” Keomi cheered, her eyes smiling.
"I'll go next!" I volunteered in an attempt to lighten the mood, I grabbed a card from the deck.
"Go easy on me." Fabian pleaded, his pretty brown eyes twinkling with mischief,
"I'm a good cop I swear." I winked and read what the card wrote, "What's your biggest fear, Fabian dear?"
"I fear nothing." Fabian declared wontonlly,
"Everyone fears something." I pressed moving closer towards him on the carpet,
"Fear is nothing more than a state of mind, a state of mind I relinquished long ago." Fabian rebutted, and oh God I almost believed him.
"Not even death?" I asked,
