Cold Dismissal

Hazel

And just like that, we’re in front of the Blackwood Estate.

The team Katerina demanded I bring practically melt the second they step out of the car.

"Oh my God, is this real?"

"It looks like a damn palace."

"Who lives like this?!"

Their voices clash in the air, bright, bubbly, excited.

I hear every word, but none of it actually reaches me, because my head is somewhere else entirely.

I’m stil