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.

a new school, Yasmine was still a

the

her past that she

Yasmine out of the orphanage, he

make the down payment on

over two months after Yasmine left the orphanage, Bryson’s

a good deal for the time and got a little well

a Friday night over dinner, Yasmine suddenly said she

Angel’s Haven Orphanage.

there something you need

see Ava. Now that

to get my stuff back. I just feel like something bad will

them.”

given Ava

stuff?”

chair and stayed silent. She didn’t remember

had filled in some blanks. She only knew her

sternly

let alone

She had given them to

and it had

had some

orphanage, the kids seemed surprisingly

Yasmine they

used to tend, the garlic sprouts

what looked like

but chuckle, “Really

patch, huh?”

the nearby lilies, noticing they were flourishing, buds ready

bloom any day.

Serana, and it made sense he’d put

effort.

thought you’d never step foot

his voice much. It

standing

lot of prejudice against me,

that I wouldn’t feel a thing for the orphanage that took me

at her,

a pause, Yasmine shrugged, “Alright, I admit I

by here was just a

to react. He saw right through her, yet his

with her blunt honesty.

a side trip… He

yet?” Boyd

mad? Mad at

“Me.”

turned fully toward him, her gaze serious. “Did

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

plenty of sleep, so growing a

sense.”

doing well here, so

months? I’ve been carefree

your health, and I plan on living to a ripe old

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