Rumors

When Claudia made it back to Lex’s house, her eyes where red and swollen from her angry crying. She had hoped that maybe Lex was asleep, but, as her luck would have it, he was waiting up to ask her how her night was, like ant doting father would do. Besides, the rumors that had been spreading had already reached his ears and he had hoped that they hadn’t reached hers since he knew how she reacted anytime Volk had been brough up ever since her mother sent her that letter telling her about his death. When he saw her tear-stricken face as she ran to her room, his heart hurt for her and he immediately went into father-mode and chased her to her room asking her, “What happened, Claudia, why are you crying?”

“I don’t want to talk about it,” Claudia said.

“If, you don’t tell me, then I will hunt down Sean and get the information from him in a more aggressive way. As a matter of fact, with how you came home, I think I would prefer this method because then I can torture him for making you cr