#Chapter 165 – The Cabin in the Woods

The plan comes together swiftly in the night, snapping into place almost as if it had already been there in each of their hearts. The simplicity of it astounds Evelyn, even as they spend the rest of the evening working out the details and figuring out how, precisely, they would put it into action. Ian falls asleep that night from sheer exhaustion. Evelyn hadn’t bothered to exclude him from the conversation. She had asked him not to tell Alvin and Ian where they were or what they were up to, and her only choice now was to trust that he would. She wasn’t going to live her life keeping things from his son once he’d promised her his secrecy. Alvin had contacted him once in the night, but Ian didn’t tell Evelyn. She hadn’t made him promise that he would tell her – the boys were entitled to their own lives, their own secrets. Ian had felt the question come into his mind, tinged with Alvin’s thoughts and emotions – sorrow, apology, and curiosity, as well as longing. The boys missed each ot