Chapter 227

When Kevin and Avi came home, Kirstie and Mitch were both basically sitting on top of Scott, Kirstie trying to feed him one of her cookies. Kirstin jumped up and ran towards Avi, but Kevin held out a hand. "Careful. He's still sick." Kirstie nodded and walked over slowly to hug Avi as gently as she could. Kevin walked over to Scott and Mitch on the couch, holding out a brown box. "This was on the front step. Jamie again?" Mitch reached out for it, but Scott grabbed the box first and set it down next to him, away from Mitch's reach. "I'll look at it later. Thank you." Mitch frowned at him. "It's for me. Shouldn't I be the one to--?" "No. God only knows what's in there." Scott answered quickly. Kevin went back to Avi, helping him walk down the hall to get back to his room and lay down. Scott stood from the couch to go to his own room, Mitch following. Scott locked himself in the bathroom to open the box, and when he walked back out his eyes were bright red. He was holding on