Chapter Seventy-Three

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Alvarez asked seeing her trying to get herself water from the kitchen, Lola finally left the hospital though still weak but all through the ride, Mrs. Alvarez kept asking her if she was ok.

"I just wanted to get water for myself," she added, looking all confused.

"Did you not just return from the hospital? Leave all these to Roy." She paused then turned to Roy,

"Get her water,"

"Yes ma'am," Roy grin did not go unnoticed by Lola, as he walked away.

"Let me take you to your room," Adriel walked in, with her things from the hospital, his mother turned to her.

"Can I have the keys to your room?" Adriel looked at Lola, as she exchanged the same glance, seeing the two were silent.

"What's with the look on your faces?" His mother asked, looking at the two adults who had been living practically as strangers in their own house.

"Don't tell me that you two sleep in separate rooms?" Seeing the matter was likely to escalate, he had to stop it .

"Mom, it's not what you t