Chapter 21: The Beginning

"I HEARD it right, Syrie? Faram offered you a friendship?" Trina asked incredulously when I told them about my conversation with Faram last night.

I nodded. “You heard it right, Trina Faram asked me to be her friend and she said we should forget what happened in the past,” I said. My eyes even rolled because I didn’t believe that.

"Do you believe her, Syria?" Vernon, who was in front of me, asked as we sat on the sofa.

I thought for a moment. Should I believe Faram even though when I saw her at that long table, I could see in his eyes the flame there and her strange look as if I was an enemy. "Of course not, Vernon. It's hard to believe someone like Faram. She's smart and cunning," I replied.

"I can't believe she would ask you to befriend her. It's a huge miracle, Syrie. Well, we don't know her real purpose but it's hard to believe that even though she almost killed you before," sai