Chapter 17 - Looking for Lerisa

Martha walked up with the wrapped gift that Lerisa had bought for Anthony, and she was the last person to finally approach Anthony, who stood on the front stage. All the other guests had given their gifts to him and left the event hall after receiving their 'Thanks for coming' gift from Sandra, who was Anthony's mother's maid.

Martha approached Anthony nervously, and Anthony stared at her, immediately asking, "Where is Lerisa? I haven't seen her since?"

"Umm, Lerisa has gone home," Martha nervously replied. Anthony frowned, remembering that he last saw Lerisa dancing happily with Ben on stage when he returned to the hall with Clara.

He wondered if they had left the hall together since he didn't see Ben around either. Lerisa had been behaving strangely towards him lately, and he wondered why.

"I don't know if she has gone home, as she's not here now, but I will call her later to find out before leaving with our parents. But here's the gift that she bought for you," Martha said to Anthon