Chapter 10: Botel

Lena drove me home and left without even saying goodbye, it was as if the lift she offered me wasn't out of kindness but something else. She was probably trying to prevent me from getting closer to Nicholas.

Anyways, the following day I was able to meet Nicholas in the cafeteria. Perhaps someone told him I was there, he came and sat close to me. He placed an order for a steak sandwich and a non-alcoholic beer.

"How was Lena's drive yesterday, great?" he asked smiling.

"Yeah, great" I nodded, smiling back at him.

"Good, do you live around St. Paul's bridge?" he asked.

"No," I shook my head, "East Main Street"

"Oh, nice. Not that far from here" he said.

"Yeah" I nodded in affirmative.

In less than a minute, one of the waiters brought his order to the table.

We started talking about family and he told me he missed his stepsister, as well as stepmother. I asked about his stepfather and he told me he missed him too.

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