Chapter Sixty-One

After Eve dropped the phone beside her pillow, she turned to Henry. "My friends will be here soon. They are mad already and I know they'll come here raining insults at me for being careless." She said,

He smiled. "They care about you. You can't blame them."

Eve nodded. "I don't know what I'll do with those two. They are more than just my friends."

Henry agreed with a nod. "Friends are priceless. Keep them if you find the good ones."

"And since they are going to be here any moment from now, you can leave sir. You've overstayed anyway," she told Henry.

"I'll wait for them to show up. I can't just leave you here all alone." Henry replied.

"In less than thirty minutes, Olivia and Jen will come busting through that door so why don't you head home. You've done much already. I can stay by myself for thirty minutes " insisted Eve.

Henry shook his head. "I'll only leave the moment they show up. I just don't feel comfortable leaving you by yourself here," he told her.

Eve smiled. "This is a ho