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ALEXANDER

“What happened?” I ask her, whilst she just avoided my questioning gaze and glued her eyes to the floor.

She shook her head briefly before glancing up at me with a look of uncertainty in her blood-red eyes. There was a hint of nervousness in them as well which gradually disappeared the longer she fixed her eyes on me.

“I just want to go home,” She mumbles.

I stared at her for a few more seconds before letting out a sigh of defeat.

“Fine, let’s go.” I eyed Linda who was also staring at Eleanor with a nervous look on her pale face.

We headed to the car while I carried her three bags and put them in the backseat.

Eleanor decided to keep her silence during the entire drive back home. Glancing at her face and posture as she looked out the window, I noticed that her mood changed into a different level I couldn’t quite reach, nor can I bring myself to grasp the emotions dwindling behind it.

I then forced my gaze back to the road, gripping the stirring wheel around both m