Chapter 488

Everyone turned to gape at him, Naomi included. Naomi could already tell from the familiar, rhythmic knock that it was Scott, so she was not at all surprised when the door was flung open to reveal the familiar silhouette, with his coat tucked over the crook of his arm as usual. She instinctively glanced at him to gauge his emotions, but nothing could be gathered. He was as calm as ever. She recalled the slight hoarseness in his voice that she had heard over the phone, then glanced at him once more. She opened her mouth to say something, but before she could do so, she was interrupted by Dylan coughing. She turned to stare at him. Dylan was holding a napkin up to his mouth, and his body tilted away from the table as he tried to regain his composure. Jonathan quickly poured him some water. Dylan's entire face was scarlet because the mouthful of food he had swallowed just so happened to contain some chili, and it was burning against the back of his throat. Scott had caught sigh