Chapter fourteen

“I’m sorry, did I waste your time?” Nathania panted as she caught up to the boy in black, blending in with the darkness.

“Not much, may I ask what kept you?” Xavier asked, turning to her and watching her as she ate up the distance between them.

“I’m sorry, I had to put my granny to sleep.”

“You live alone with her?”

Nathania nodded. “Yes, my parents are in Philadelphia. They do show up some times but it’s been nearly three months I last saw them.”

“You miss them.”

“I do,” she smiled sadly, glad that the night was dark and he couldn’t see her face. She missed her brother too, the only reason she was lying to the boy in front of her now. If it weren’t for the fact that she missed him, she wouldn’t have been living a lie. But then again, if it wasn’t for the fact that he was sick, she wouldn’t have come to this town and definitely would not have gone to the school and so won’t meet him. Yes, they do visit her granny but since her granny lives in the small town, they hardly visit the city