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…”

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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.

to a new school, Yasmine was still a

uneventfully, and the orphanage seemed to

her past that she never

out of the orphanage,

make the down

months after Yasmine left the

good deal for the

a Friday night over dinner, Yasmine suddenly

Angel’s Haven Orphanage.

there something you

her fork, “I need to see Ava. Now that I have

feel like something bad will happen if

them.”

that Yasmine had given

stuff?”

hopped off her chair and stayed silent. She didn’t remember

Bryson had filled in some blanks. She only

and she was sternly instructed never

let alone give

were worth a fortune. She had given them

to help with family troubles, and it had been weighing on her

had some money, it was time

kids seemed surprisingly happy to

Yasmine they knew

she used to tend, the garlic sprouts

by what looked

but chuckle, “Really turned this place

patch, huh?”

lilies, noticing they were

bloom any day.

for Serana, and it made

effort.

never step foot here

voice much. It was unmistakably

see him standing there,

“You really have a lot of prejudice

so heartless that I wouldn’t feel a thing for

at her,

admit I can

was just a

wasn’t sure how to react. He saw right through

with her blunt honesty.

side trip… He scoffed

yet?”

Mad

“Me.”

him, her

I got taller after just a couple

been eating well and getting plenty of sleep, so growing

sense.”

then. You’re doing well here,

been carefree

angry is bad for your health, and I plan

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