Joel seemed to shrink into his skin as he turned to Mark. His brows furrowed in confusion, "Dude, I thought we were best friends? I thought you'd always have my back." His said with disbelief."We are best friends and I would always have your back," Mark replied indifferently then he shrugged and tu
"I'll explain everything to you once we're home. Stop causing a scene and let's go," Mark said frustratedly. I could see he was fighting to stay calm as he was before. His voice was a bit louder than mine nonetheless."Home? That's your home, okay? It's your home, not mine," I jabbed a finger toward
I stormed out of the cafe, ready to speed back to the hospital, away from all of these despicable humans and back to Grace.About a dozen feet away from the car, I heard heavy footsteps rapidly pounding after me. They caught up to me and their hands dropped on my shoulder."Sydney, wait. Calm down."
"To the hospital!" I screamed, my voice rising above the rush of wind and honks of cars as Luigi roughly bypassed them all."Yes ma'am!" He shouted back.Later, he slowed down and I didn't feel the pressing need to clutch to his midriff anymore. "You can let go now," he chuckled, "You won't fall.""
When I got to Grace's ward, her face was ghostly pale and her lips were dry and she was still asleep just as I had left her! I asked a nurse who came in to note down her temperature and condition."Did she ask after me when I was away?" I asked, hoping for an assuring response but she only confirmed
It was then it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't received any debit alert. Why? I quickly checked my account balance on that account and it was still the same,no deductions. Why hadn't he withdrawn yet? I refused to let it bother me. The card was with him, he could withdraw it whenever he wished
With a sigh of resignation, I boarded another taxi and headed for the Torres mansion. I knew it was where Grandma Doris would be. The mansion was more her own than Rose's.But since Grandma Doris was barely around, her vivacious nature would not allow her stay stuck in a place; she didn't allow her
I giggled, "I'm sure, Doris. One mention of your name and they always retreat."She seemed to be struggling to drag her glare away from Mark. Then she muttered, "As they should."One of the servants arrived with three boxes of wine in a tray, another placed glass stools before each of us and then we