31. Open The Door.

DIANE

Done with tucking in Crystal to sleep and turning off the lights of her room, except for only her bedside lamp light on, Dante and I finally leave her room.

On our way out of the house, I stop to trash the empty water bottle into the trash can I saw near the kitchen. After doing that, I follow Dante and we both exit through the door of the apartment.

Reaching outside, we get to his car. I decide to enter the backseat, my hand already on the door handle, but Dante stops me.

“You can stay in front,” he offers.

I shake my head. “I want to lie down on the backseat. Can I?”

He stares silently at me for a short moment. “Alright. You even look very tired.”

“Oh yeah I am.” I sigh and enter the backseat, closing the door right behind me. I lie down on the leather seat just as Dante occupies his driver's position in front and closes his door. He starts the car and seconds later, he is driving us down the road towards my house.

Dear God, I do hope that Leo won't be around when I get