Chapter - 23 : Surprise Visit

Rose fetched me a glass of water from the kitchen and handed it to me. She sat next to me on the couch in our living room. I took a sip from the glass as Rose patiently waited for me to tell her everything. Placing the glass on the coffee table, I shifted my body to face her.

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

When I had come out of Mr. Davis's room, her eyes had widened. She had hugged me immediately and started throwing questions at me. Even though she had sounded worried, I hadn't been ready to answer questions at that time. The only thing I'd said was that I wanted to go home.

"I want to know everything. I can tell that you cried a lot just by looking at your face."

My eyes were puffy. And I hated my nose and face because they would become a pinkish-red whenever I