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,

droned on uneventfully, and the orphanage seemed to

her past that

Bryson decided to take Yasmine out of

the down payment on

over two months after Yasmine left the

deal for the time and got

Friday night over dinner, Yasmine suddenly

Angel’s Haven Orphanage.

aback. “Is there something you need

to see Ava. Now

stuff back. I just feel like something bad will happen if she

them.”

knowing that Yasmine had given Ava her bracelets,

stuff?”

her chair and stayed silent. She

past. Bryson had filled in some blanks. She only

complicated, and she was sternly instructed

alone give

She had given them to Ava out

help with family troubles, and it had been weighing on

she had some money, it

the orphanage, the kids seemed surprisingly

and intimidating Yasmine they knew

by the garden bed she used to tend, the garlic sprouts

by what looked like

help but chuckle, “Really turned this

patch, huh?”

lilies, noticing they were flourishing, buds

bloom any day.

considering they were for Serana, and it

effort.

thought you’d never

voice much. It was unmistakably

him standing

lot of prejudice against me, huh? What, you

a thing for the orphanage that

just looked at

I admit I

Stopping by here was just a side

wasn’t sure how to react. He saw right through her, yet his mood

with her blunt honesty.

side trip… He

off yet?”

mad? Mad at

“Me.”

him, her

noticed I got taller after just a couple of

eating well and getting plenty of sleep, so growing a

sense.”

doing well

been carefree on the outside,

angry is bad for your health, and I plan on

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