CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

ELARA

I wondered what Lisa was doing outside the pack house with the stranger by that time of the day. It was too early for her to see someone in secret.

I didn't feel good about the guy, but I decided to let it go. When the car drove out of sight. I rested my back on the chair and tried to steady my mind. I was thinking about too many things at the same time.

I was too busy thinking and I didn't even notice that we had reached the orphanage. The drivers killed the car engine, and we all began to alight from the car.

The elderly woman who was in charge of the orphanage and two other young people. A young man and a young woman walked out to welcome us.

"You are welcome, my daughter," the old woman said as she approached me.

"Greetings," I greeted her with a smile.

"No one told me you were going to come," she said.

I could see in her eyes that she wasn't exactly excited when I came around. Maybe she just felt bad that I didn't tell her, or I was just