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Chapter Eighteen

Author: Lin Daniels
last update Last Updated: 2022-03-23 18:56:10
Ianthe

I twiddle my thumbs while I watch Ricardo from the corner of my eye as he drives me home from school.

I don't know when he became Ricardo from Alpha in my mind, or since when I thought about his house as home, but it feels right in my heart. It felt right to visit his mother's house who was a little nosy, but I could feel that she loves her son and that she wants the best for him.

He seems stoic as he drives and I can only imagine what he's thinking. Why couldn't two people successfully throw a punch at me?

I'm finding it more difficult not to tell him the truth. Why doesn't the shadow not want me to say anything? It's just a matter of time before he finds out anyway.

He stops in front of the house and checks in the rearview mirror for the car that Randall and Mark drive in.

"They will stay in and around the house when I'm not here." Ricardo says without looking at me.

"Okay." I still feel like I'm being scolded.

This did not go how I intended it to. In my mind I was goi
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