Chapter Seventy One

Elena’s eyes roamed the contents of the letter, a part of her touched and the other not moved a bit.

“What’s that?” She heard her mother say as she hurriedly crumpled the paper in her hands.

“It’s nothing.” She replied, standing up and walking away to her room.

She closed the door, locking it before flopping onto the bed. She brought out her phone and met a message from Craig.

“Hi, I’m home already.”

Her lips curved into a small smile as she texted him back, the both of them immersing themselves in a conversation.

“Did you read the letter she wrote to you?” He asked after an hour of chatting.

“I did. I wasn’t touched by that.” She texted back.

She was about to continue texting when a call entered. Rolling her eyes and laying on her back as Craig’s name was displayed on her phone.

“So you won’t call while we’re chatting but would because of Gaby?”

“Elena, please.”

“For fuck’s sake,” she cut him off. “I told you already not to get involved. We’ll sort it out; it’s a girl's matter, not a