Chapter 17

to me with a very concerned yelped look on his face

“How did you manage to leave the house without them

kuning

w e you when he asks with new intens.

“am…I lied.” Iconleu. ‘1 told them that was going to a friend’s house.”

“A friend’s house?” he questions. Which friend?”

I’m surprised that he even wants to know this small detail. Why should it matter which friend!

He’s standing doser to me now as he waits for me to

“Abigail…” I want to t#1 him mare; I want to say to him that she’s the only friend that I have now and that the two people closest to me betrayed me. But I don’t need to say these things everyone in school already knows, and even he asked me if i still loved Bryan. He already knows, i know this;

but I still want to tell him more. I want to open up to him,

and I want to hear his responses. I’m slightly crazy; I know

that, and he may already know this as well.

He steps back after hearing my response. Til have the

guard see you out after you get changed. Goodbye, Amiera.”

I don’t have a chance to protest before he bolts out of

the room. It seems as though he’s trying his best to get me to leave. I’m suddenly reminded of the last time he did this to

leve. I’m suddenly reminded of the last time he did ihis to

  1. me. The time I liked his client without hiki pemikian.

Today he was trying to get away from me once mori.

Why did he keep doing this? Why did he

vi sem

ested in me, only to push me out a few minutes later?

I spin the dar in my hand over and over again. I’d finally found her; after years of searching, she was finally

within my grasp

But I don’t feel the sense of accomplishment was

haping to feel. My emotions manage to surprise me even

more than she does.

Why did I feel the need to protect her today? My primary

mission was to guide her towards the candle; it was a simple

test: The burning sensation would have stopped on its own

even without my interference, it would have taken a long

time, but it still would have stopped.

So then why did I rush to help her?

Every time I close my eyes, I hear her screams; I’ve

listened to cries before, but none has ever managed to flip

my insides as hers did.

“Fuck” i slam the knife down onto the wooden table

and mumble some more as I get up.

I thought that I was more prepared for her arrival than

They dont know that I’m here.”

Why did those words impres me much should not

Chure that her penis didn’t know that he was in my home,

walso shouldn’t care that she didn’t live here tonight with

Did she even get home safelyt Should have allowed

her out?

‘Why do you look se stressed out?”

Tlook up, and Lizzie is standing a few feet away from me. Was so bottled up in my thoughts that I didn’t realize

her presence?

“I’m not.” I’m afraid I have to disagree with her. “What brings you here?

She crosses her arms over her chest and frowns at me.

lever need a reason to

shrug my shoulders. “It’s just

get any closer

she the

have known that

she learned that

surprised that I didn’t even have

about lying to her

“No?” she asks.

ite

“No.” i cantum

I was

telanjabout

tell me then, Adam, what was

did she know

the confirmation that she was

the two of you during movie night. How wsi not even

Of course, it had to

woman.

screw with Bryan.

favor

know she won’t believe the lie,

her what

let anyone find out

the truth when the

mean to pry.” Abigail says the moment

vehicle. “But what’s up with your hair, and

went in there with? Did rain

as

wake mynd, “it’s slot nicer than

my hair i staking

Els a long

night before your

morning. I mean, is sleep

me

with other words.

know where to start. Everything was fine until he walked me

to watch

you in

movie, and I hate

noticed and walked with me to

way. It’s enormous, and there

cool things. One

candle. I’ve never

when I touched it, something strange happened. My body felt like

Adam saw that I was in

me to his shower. And he

toe… To help with the

car immediately and turns to me

let me get this straight, you

but also in his

te

and look

though

this pain tur tantahit” i aik her fear ofanyone finding

i don’t understand. How

gold candle

to you? Did you ask

make any ease. what if the candle

ned.”

if it was”

as lost

according to Adam, he

not sure if he willing

S

more than

the

with

that apped the

just knew that the water

Hect without him there.

Abigail don’t

question when

I’m gratatul for that. I didn’t wait

I was tired and

of it was

had happened when Adam was not around? Who

have helped me?

was it even the candle

Would it happen again?

many questions that I wished I had

dalewly drift away into a dupsip with the imates of

Il say a quick goodbye to Abigail and am already hame before I know

lying to my parents. I’m so scared that they somehow found out the truth of where I was last night. Still, I put on a

My mother adiks me, she lacks highly suspicious, and I

like I went to a pool

Adam’s bathroom. She also doesn’t know that

three times after

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