17: Aurora

Aurora.

The key jingled as I hurriedly left the restaurant. When father had told me he will be coming to Atlanta, he didn't really tell me the exact date and I didn't bother to ask him.

Because I had thought that he would reach until a week after or maybe two weeks after. Only for James to call me now, telling me that he had just picked him from the border where some of his guards dropped.

I couldn't just let him find out that I worked after school. It will surely make him angry and a lot will happen. The manager of the restaurant didn't agree to me leaving work until father is gone.

He said that everything is happening on a short notice and hence he couldn't get someone to replace me that short. "I am sorry but you have to stay." He had said to me.

Then gave me one option, to either get someone to stand in for me or continue working. That was when I thought of Isla and her promise to help me when I needed her help.

When I called her, telling her about it, she instantly yes and drove