Chapter 84: Someone From the Past

Moana

That night, after Ella calmed down enough and agreed to clean up her room with our help, I laid in bed and found myself unable to sleep following the events of the day. Every time I closed my eyes, I pictured the creepy man from the mall; even more than that, however, I pictured Edrick’s soft eyes staring up at me as he held Ella on the floor and I felt his protective arm around my shoulders.

I decided eventually that I couldn’t sleep for a while, so I decided to get my sketchbook out and draw. Although I had been working on another sketch for the past couple of days, I decided to turn to a fresh page that night and draw a scene that I couldn’t get out of my head: the image of Edrick holding Ella in her princess costume.

As I drew, starting with the rough forms of Edrick and Ella, a soft smile inadvertently began to spread across my lips. That smile spread as I began to feel Mina’s presence. It had been a few days since I really felt her presence, but I could tell that the events of the day made her come out more. I was grateful; Mina had become a friend to me, in a strange way.

“I have a confession,” she said finally after hanging around in my mind in silence for several minutes.

“Hm?” I said out loud. I still wasn’t entirely used to the whole concept of conversing with her in my head, and as I was distracted from my drawing, I didn’t think much of it now.

night… I released a little more

sketchbook and frowned, setting my pencil down. “I thought we agreed on

moments before answering. When she did finally answer, she sounded a little embarrassed. “I

what happened

I just couldn’t control myself. It’s

a lot sooner. Right? I went to search for Mina’s presence again to ask her, but when I did, she was gone again. Sighing, I knew I especially wouldn’t be able to sleep now, so I decided to get up and head to the kitchen to make myself some tea. It was hot, so I stayed only in

my room. As I made my way over to the kitchen, I figured that everyone else was already fast asleep — but I realized that I

the right to care about my personal affairs?” he said, his voice muffled

on the other end of the

“No— Olivia—”

once before in a situation very similar to this. I had overheard him talking about money and using that name very late one night. Who was this ‘Olivia’ person? Was

puzzle over whoever this ‘Olivia’ woman was, I was too deeply lost in thought to notice that Edrick hung up the phone and walked over to the door. In fact, I was completely taken by surprise

are you doing up?” he

heart racing. “I’m sorry. I

and

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