Serana bit her lip, hands clenched so tight her knuckles were white. “I never did

anything to her. Why does she hate me so much?”

Boyd shut his eyes, a heavy sigh escaping him. “There’s no reason. She never

thinks about ‘why’. She does not need reasons to do things.”

And if there was a reason, it was all in her head.

Serana shook her head.

“I don’t know, but I can’t believe she doesn’t have a reason to hate me. Maybe…

maybe…”

Enter title…

Boyd looked up, watching her struggle to find the words, then paused. “Maybe

what?”d2

Serana finally found her voice, though it was tangled up with her anxiety.

“Maybe it’s because of you.”

Boyd was taken aback for a moment, and Serana quickly shook her head, “I…

I’m not blaming you, I mean…”

She stopped, taking a deep breath, “Boyd, are you… are you really upset about

Yasmine leaving? You two were the closest at the orphanage. You used to hang

out all the time, and then there was me, always causing trouble that you had to

fix. You even said some harsh things to Yasmine because of me.”

Boyd’s body stiffened, surprise written all over his face.

Serana was a bit scared by his reaction, “Yasmine only had you as a friend.

Maybe that’s why she resented you looking after me so much.”

Boyd’s expression grew serious, “So she’s holding a grudge against me.”

Serana pressed her lips together, not saying another word. That was probably it.

Boyd stood up, silently grabbing a shovel and replanted the young sprout that

had been uprooted.

Serana watched him, “Maybe when the flowers bloom, we can tell Yasmine to

come back and see.”

Boyd didn’t respond.

new school, Yasmine

droned on uneventfully, and the orphanage seemed to have become

part of her past that she never

decided to take Yasmine out of the orphanage,

to make the

after Yasmine left the orphanage, Bryson’s

deal for the time and

Yasmine suddenly said she wanted to

Angel’s Haven Orphanage.

“Is there something you need to

“I need to see

I just feel like something bad

them.”

given Ava her bracelets, Bryson asked,

stuff?”

and

in some blanks. She only knew her

was sternly

let alone give them

a fortune. She had

family troubles, and it had

since. Now that she had some money, it

kids seemed surprisingly

and intimidating Yasmine they knew was just

garden bed she used to tend, the garlic sprouts

by what

“Really turned this place into a

patch, huh?”

glanced at the nearby lilies, noticing

bloom any day.

were for Serana, and it

effort.

you’d never step

months hadn’t changed his voice much. It was unmistakably

to see him standing there, watching her. She

“You really have a lot of prejudice

wouldn’t feel a thing for the orphanage that

just looked at her, saying

Yasmine shrugged, “Alright, I admit I

here was

He saw right

with her blunt honesty.

side trip… He scoffed

yet?”

mad? Mad

“Me.”

him, her gaze serious. “Did you

laugh, “You noticed I got taller after just a couple

getting plenty

sense.”

nodded, “That’s it, then. You’re doing well here,

I’ve been carefree on the outside,

bad for your health, and I plan on living to

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