Eleven

Alicia's POV

"You must be Alicia," My head whipped up to the man at the mention of my name. I turned to look at Nathan but I realized he wasn't even looking at me. He had a hard glare on his face which I'm so sure isn't for the plate of food he was staring at.

"Yes, I am,"

It was at the tip of my tongue to ask who he was but I held it in. He must be the man Nathan talked about.

"I'm William Cadry, it's so nice to finally meet you,"

I gave him an awkward smile. "You must have heard about me from Nathan,"

"Ah, no. I heard about you from Mary. She was a lovely old woman who wouldn't stop talking about another lovely young lady,"

Oh! I knew that was possible. Grandma Mary loved me too much more than I deserved.

"I hope they were all good things and she left the bad things for me to tell you all about,"

Surprisingly, he laughed. I hadn't said that to be funny but I'm glad he found it to be funny. That eased the tension that was building up in me.

"She told me all good things about