Chapter Seventy-three

Ella pulled away from Lani and smiled. "Come in."

"Are you alright my friend?"

She shrugged, "I will be." and pulled out a chair at the dining table and sat on it. Lani did the same.

"Your parents are worried sick about you." Lani told her. "Why didn't you go home you had me worried too?"

"How did they find out I was back?" Ella didn't want them to find out just yet, she wanted a few days to herself, to be alone with her feelings and then what? Go back home and pretend everything was fine, that she and Dylan were okay? The tiny voice at the back of her mind mocked.

It had a point though, she would never be able to hide what happened from her parents, they would find out one way or another.

"Dylan went to your house yesterday and he created such a scene. Your mom demanded I tell her what happened but I told her it wasn't my story to tell." Lani explained.

Ella sighed, it seemed like it was going to be sooner rather than later.

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