32. IT WAS SOMETHING

A FEW YEARS BACK

NOTTINGHAM

The old- man was tall, blonde-haired, and his eyes were cerulean like Jayden's. In other words, he was an old version of Jayden. His smile was as charming as Jayden's. That's when she realized that Jayden got his looks from his father except for the hair. She heard that he owned a company. But he looked so down to earth in his simple old black shirt.

"Who do we have here?" He asked, looking at Ayla and Jayden.

She has to fix her hair again to be sure that the old man doesn't find out what happened.

"I see a girl." He said again as if he was amazed. "A pretty little girl."

She squeezed her eyes. The sound of a pretty little girl somehow upset her. She is not little.

"Yes, a girl. Now stop looking at her like an alien. You are making her uncomfortable." Jayden said at once.

"But you don't bring girls to this house." The old man said.

"She is a friend. She is an exception." He answered.

Ayla didn't know if she had to feel sad