Chapter 13 – Her Kind

“I’m Maxine!”

She introduced herself, still smiling, and that drew the last straw. When he heard Elo’s footsteps, he wrapped his coat around Maxine’s waist and pushed her towards the stairs.

“What are you doing? I need to shake her hand!” Elo called him out, but his friend ignored him.

“Go upstairs, change your clothes, and stay there until Elo leaves,” he instructed. Although confused, Maxine obeyed and headed to her room.

“The greed, man! The greed!” Elo whined, but Sean just plopped on the couch without saying anything.

Instead of paying attention to his childlike friend, he turned to the sketches on the couch. He picked them up, one by one, and called the housekeeper.

“Yes, Sean?”

“What are these?” he asked again, handing the papers to the old lady.

After looking at it, she hid the papers behind her back, “Sorry, these might be Maxine’s sketches. She got bored earlier and asked for a pen and paper. She spent hours drawing.”

“Drawing what?” Elo asked. “Let me see,” then Martha hand