Branch Two Hundred and Forty Two

"What's wrong?"

"Hmm?" Jessica hummed and whipped her head to Leslie who was sitting there.

"You've been out of it all day" Leslie explained popping some store-bought chips in her mouth.

When Xavier had hurriedly left the house in the morning she felt weird and could not stop thinking about what he was thinking.

"Just have a lot on my mind with the opening of the restaurant" Jessica lied.

These days she was getting better at lying. She used to want to tell Leslie everything about her relationship with Xavier but how could she go ahead and tell her what happened last night?

She was taking full responsibility without asking anyone. She was at fault after all. She was the one that made them play that game. She should have found any other way to get the answers she needed from him.

"Jessica?" Leslie said with a clap of her hand. "You are so distracted I doubt it is the restaurant that got you like this"

"It's a lot and with my aunt that's around. She has been a pain" Jessica added