Chapter 104

"What are you doing here?" I manage to say in a thread of voice, receiving no response from him as he is too busy looking inside the house. "Charles, what are you doing here?"

"I want to ask you the same question," he says with a perplexed expression. "Is this... yours?"

"Answer me first," I demand. "How did you get here?"

"Will you let me in?" he inquires, ignoring my words.

"Absolutely not," I retort, to which he reacts with surprise at my refusal.

"Claudia, when you left, your mother was deeply affected by your behavior," he informs me. "I went to your apartment to look for you, but when I arrived at your building, you got into a taxi, and since you're not answering my calls, I had to follow you."

"Charles, you know it's not right to follow people, don't you?"

"You say it as if I did it with bad intentions," he says offended. "Precious, the truth is that you've been acting very strange since you arrived. Are you sure you're okay?"

I'm not entirely okay, but that doesn't prevent me