Chapter 10

She arrived home, unsettled, but trying to tell herself she was being paranoid. It was probably someone who had every right to be there and she was just spooked.

She walked up the steps to her house and put the key in the lock. Her hands shook a little as she opened the door and let herself in. The house was cold and empty, something she'd gotten used to. But tonight she would've liked something a little more comforting. She walked to the kitchen and sighed. She didn't have the energy to cook anything.

“Where have you been all day?”

She screamed and turned around. Nathaniel stood in the doorway.

“You scared me.”

“I see that...” He crossed the room and sat on a barstool in the kitchen. So, where were you?”

“Volunteering.”

“Why?”

“Because I needed to get out.”

A hurt look crossed his face for a moment before he replaced it with his usual stone cold look. “I don't see why you need to get out so much and why volunteering is your choice of outing.” He practically mumbled his words.

“Le