Chapter 46

Lia:

“Madeline, what on Earth are you doing?” I asked, laughing at the woman who was wrapping my sheets around her as I tried to work.

The woman has been doing so for the past hour, dancing around the bedroom as she sang to the stereo which was blasting so loud that I could only suspect that all the neighbors on the three kilometer radios could hear us.

“I am doing what you are not, having fun, enjoying the night instead of working, and…”

“Maddie, come on, leave the woman alone.” Donatello said, entering the bedroom which had the door wide open. He looked at me, and I looked down at the desk, noticing that Madeline turned the music off. He nodded at her to walk out of the room, leaving the two of us alone together. The man and I never really had a conversation, a full one, on our own, and to know that he wanted to talk to me now only scared me, especially since I knew that he hated my family for thinking that they killed his children.

“How are you feeling, Lia?” He asked, breaking m