chapter 75

CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE

LISA

I was lying in my bed surfing through the Internet when I received a message from Darren. I hissed and wanted to push the message off, thinking it was one of his advances again. When I saw it was a picture, I paused for a while.

Then I tapped on the photo. What if it was something important? I opened the picture and saw Elara's face first.

I sat up as I brightened my phone screen and stared deeply at the photo. Elara was in a restaurant with a strange woman. She hadn't been seen anywhere before.

Why was Elara in the restaurant with a stranger? I questioned myself. I wanted to get to the root of the whole issue, so I decided that the best thing to do was ask Darren.

I dialed Darren's number and placed the phone beside my ear. Darren picked up immediately, causing me to sigh deeply.

"Hello," he called out.

"Hello, Darren, " I said. "I received the picture you sent."

I was quiet for a while, not knowing how to begin with the questioning.

"Where did you ge