HE'LL COME BACK

Now that Seth was gone, I was on my own for everything. I, therefore, decided not to step outside until I was called into Anne’s room. The expression on her face had significantly changed from before.

“Come, sit beside me,” proposed Anne, with a gentle smile. Since she had tried to kill me in the past, I couldn’t trust her.

“I’m fine standing,” I answered, trying to maintain my distance from her.

“You sure know how to hold up your walls, Christie,” remarked my sister, unhappy to see me staying away from her.

“I have had people confuse my kindness for weakness, which is why I have to be careful about being too close to anybody,” I said, trying to provide her with my reasons for staying away from her.

Without minding a single word that left my mouth, Anne quickly changed the subject of our discussion, asking, “Was it hard getting Noah to listen?”

“It is always hard dealing with him,” I answered, taking a seat on the chair away from her. “He doesn’t easily trust people.”

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