Chapter 94

Laura’s POV

“Don’t give me that. What happened to you cheerful and lively person? Benita, come on. Talk to me, even if you are scared to open up to your mother about what is bothering you for fear of her reaction, you should be able to confide in me. You know you can always trust me.”

“It’s nothing, Aunt Laura. I am fine, just not feeling too good.” She managed to look at me and fake a smile but I could detect that forlorn look and plastic smile.

“Okay then, if you say so. But when you do change your mind and you want to talk, I am always open for an embrace and a chat.” I assured her.

The cotton candies were all done and we collected our own before I paid the man. Halfway through the walk back to the spot we had picked, Benita’s hand on my arm stopped me in my tracks. I looked at my arm then at her face. She was not trying to hide anything anymore, her face were conjured up into an awful grimace, like one who tasted feces. The hand she had placed on m