Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Someone

"Who was that?" Gabe asked again.

His eyes were locked at her as if he didn't have any plan to remove his gaze at her. She was shivering. Her nails were already buried in her palms while she couldn't say anything in front of Gabe. She was stunned and was in awe. Her heart was drumming deafeningly. Her knees suddenly wanted to tremble and she was holding herself back so as not to be weak in front of him. If she fails to cover this one, everything's over for them. She will not be able to go out of here alive.

She can't be caught. This is not the right time to unleash all her dark secrets.

Calm down, Larisa.

She mumbled in her head.

"Oh, it's a friend of mine…" she chuckled awkwardly. When Gabe looked unconvinced with that, she knew she had to explain more. "I called her Mom since my parents died. Her parents were dead too so we decided to call each other 'Mom', and got used to it." Annalise discussed and pretended to clean some of her things around her room to avoi