Chapter 13

NOAH

I could see Liam gazing at me in an awkward manner. I didn't get it. Probably he had heard about my first meeting with Lane. Olivia had told me that it was not quite what they were expecting. I wholly broke down when they asked about my family.

“I have a wife. I don’t know where she is as if now. But Olivia … she said that she’d help me find her,” I answered his question.

"And what about your parents?" he came up with another question.

"They died. And m--my twin sister. She also died."

His face ran blank, eyes felt like peering right into my soul. He was still expecting something. An extended answer perhaps. Or probably a reaction. I had nothing else to say. Olivia stepped into the awkward pause between us. She stood there for a while without saying anything.

“Liam.” She sighed. “Monica and I were taking Noah out. Lane said to take you with us. If you wanted to go.”

He rose to his feet.

I overheard him whisper, “wait … he got a pass already?”

Olivia didn't both