CHAPTER 67

Esther was worried about Karen.

For the past week, she hadn’t set eyes or spoken to her. It seemed like she disappeared off the face of the earth - herself and her daughter.

As a result, she couldn’t find it within herself to pick the calls of her daughter for fear she might have questions she didn’t have answers to.

The entire week was a torment. Living alone and void of human contact, she naturally gravitated towards the only available option.

This time around, Daniel was persistent. He showed up time and time again despite her outright hostility towards him. After that night, they came to a silent agreement never to dig into the matters of their past.

Nothing good seemed to come out of it.

Today, she was worried for an entire other reason. Daniel had returned to his role as a friend and in that position, demanded for what he described as a friendly day out. Something they both knew was an act to cover the real deal but no one cared enough to point that out.

Or they didn’t wan