CHAPTER 19

LEO

"Why did you keep this away from us? Away from me?" I was mad.

Julian had called me earlier that night to say that he had found Sarah and that he had taken her to his grandmother's house far away in town.

"He threatened to kill Raya if I said anything. He warned me against involving the police too. What do you expect?" She said.

"But at least, you should have let me.. "

"You're the reason I'm in this mess right now " she accused, pointing her finger at me.

"I'm asked to stay away from you, and that's what I'm trying to do. But you still find a way to pester around me."

"I'm pestering you?" I asked. It was too much of a thing to hear.

"You both should calm down. Let's figure out how to save Raya. Fighting can never solve this problem." Julian said, cutting the both of us short.

Sarah's eyes were pale and reddish. I knew she must have cried a lot the previous night.

"I don't need any of you around me. Most especially, you Leo. Please, just disappear from my