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Ch. 18

VERA'S POV

I sleepily searched for Jack in bed and woke up to realize that he's not in bed. I was pissed by that and closed my eyes again, foolishly expecting his gentle touch again.

So I was disappointed when Tim jumped on top of me when he came back from school. He looked very happy and I didn't want to be a killjoy by telling him that he's not the person I'm expecting to do that.

"Good afternoon, miss Vera!" He greeted me excitedly.

"How's school today?" I asked, pecking him repeatedly.

"It was fabulous! Especially when I remembered I'm gonna meet you at home, I made sure to pass my class work!!" He said and gave me his mathematics workbook.

"Wow! I am so proud of you. High five!" I praised him after seeing the two pages where he got good remarks from his class teachers for doing well.

We jerked our palms together before I drew him close for a hug. He went about telling me that Mrs Briggs had dropped by his school to take him and her three kids home.

I asked him why Max, his anonym
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