Chapter 9

Alisa’s offer to be my tour guide filled granny with pleasure and filled me with dread. Before I could object again, Alisa clamped her arm around my arm and said way too sweetly

“Come on now Daciana, let’s go.”

I knew that at this point if I refused, grandma might consider me rude. So I put on a fake confident smile and stepped out of the room with Alisa.

As soon as we got out of my room, I smiled a meek smile at her, hoping her feelings towards me had changed. All it did was incite a laugh from her. And so the tour began.

We went from room to room, and Alisa was a surprisingly good tour guide. Even going as far as to give me the backstory for some of the artifacts and impressive rooms we passed.

But I was too wary to probably enjoy the tour. I knew Alisa didn’t like me so I spent the better half of the tour worrying about why she volunteered to be my tour guide and what exactly she had planned.

But as time went on and she didn’t pull any nasty surprises I actually started to enjoy my