Chapter Seventy Five

ELENA

"Don't you think there is any hope at all for a real relationship between the two of you?"

That's was the question Jane had asked me. Which had kept on ringing in my head since she had said it. I had stayed out for a while after the call, before making my way back inside, where I had finally fallen asleep, with Jason instinctively reaching out for me.

"What exactly is this party for again?" Jason asked for the third time that evening as we got dressed. We had actually had the day all to ourselves as my parents had been so busy in setting up a party, which they hadn't informed me about when I had called to tell them I was arriving for the weekend.

Now we were stuck in a neighborhood charity part, where donations were made by everyone in the neighborhood, to give to the neighborhood orphanage and old old people's home, amongst others.

Yes, the money went to the people it was meant for, but I never understood why they had to throw a party for it. And at a time, I and my sister had