Chapter Forty Four

Knowing there was nothing she could say to calm her down in the heat of the moment, Nadie gave Nancy a shoulder to lean on by hugging her as she cried.

She only pulled away when Nancy had calmed down a little. "I've got more reasons to be more protective of you."

"What do you mean?" She asked with puffy eyes.

"The first time I took a liking to you was when I thought my brother was into you. You're the first person he ever spoke about to me and it really excited me."

"Co... Connor told you about me?"

Nadie nodded. "He was confused, and needed to clear his head, and that was when he told me about it."

"I can't believe Connor did that. He has no shame."

"All thanks to you!"

"What do you mean?"

"I felt like a big sister that day."

Seeing how confused she looked, Nadie explained further.

"Connor has always been this secretive child or maybe I feel so because of the way things turned out to be."

"We used to be close but suddenly we lost that bond at some point when he was in high school. He