Chapter Forty-Seven

AURORA AGE FIFTEEN

Neo has been hounding me at school lately, it would seem he doesn't know when to quit. He started a rumor that I was dating an older man with a car but that only escalated my popularity and nobody believed him, because there is no way in hell the preacher's granddaughter would date a man that old. I did post a picture of Caelum laying on my chest just to spite Neo and that surely put an end to rumors of an older man. I know I shouldn't indulge the fool but it's been fun and I could care less about all that shit.

Caelum introduced me to his grandfather, his grandfather! The man he considers most important to him met me and he loved me because he'd met me already. My sister Liana and I had been volunteers at the nursing home he was in and the man was hard to please but eventually, we found our rhythm and made peace for the weekends I was there.

I can't believe a guy like Caelum is interested in a girl like me, it's surreal. It makes my stomach among other body parts f