Book 1: Chapter 39

“Aliyah, please,” Sean said as he walked home, trying to evade the girl jogging after him.

“Sean wait, come on. You have been ignoring me since yesterday, let’s talk this out okay?” Aliyah said, trying to catch up to him but he was walking way too fast. “Sean please, you have never been this mad at me before,” she yelled.

“You have never hurt me this much before,” he yelled back and turned to her. He paused and breathed, “you never hide things for me. Hell, we never hide anything from each other, no matter how bad it is we are always the first to know.”

“You are the first to know. If Steven hadn’t been with us yesterday, he wouldn’t have known either.”

Sean nodded, “tell me the truth. If this hadn’t happened yesterday, would you have told me?”

Aliyah sighed. “I would have, but it just won’t be yesterday.”

“Why Aliyah, why couldn’t you have told me all this while? Why didn’t you tell me you found him?”

“Sean, please. See it from my own perspe