Chapter Nine

The ride back home was tense and I barely breathed.

I lied to White when he asked if I had touched the laptop, and now I was praying so hard that the man Clara has said would take care of the footages already did.

Kiah sat snuggled next to me in her father's expensive Mercedes. She would steal glances at me every now and then and throw me innocent, cute smiles, which I'd return.

She looked like she now liked me already.

The car slowly pulled up in front of the front door and White immediately sprinted out of the car without saying a word.

Meanwhile I stayed behind waiting up for Kiah to decide whether she wanted to go inside or not.

"Do you think I should play outside?" Kiah's voice snapped me out of my trance.

I had my fingers crossed that I wouldn't get caught.

"Well, it depends on what you'd like to play," I said gently, bending to her level my hands now on my knees.

She scrunched her nose then started humming as if she was trying to think of she wanted.

"What games do you play?" S