Chapter 12

Delaney’s POV

I tried as much as possible not to make any sound as I lay in the moving house.

Oh, the car.

“So…Your mother’s gonna be adopting the strange girl?” I heard his friend ask.

“Yeah…and that’s so yuck! I seriously don’t get what’s wrong with mom. Did you see that girl? She’s an alien, dude. She actually broke the television, claiming she saw people moving in them. What the heck???” The son replied, making his friend laugh.

So, they were talking about me?

“But seriously, I think she’s damn beautiful,” his friend said, and I felt my cheeks become hot.

“Who’s beautiful? With that long dirty hair of hers? She can’t even….”

“Oh! Cut it out, Xavier. She’s pretty, and you know it. You’re just being grumpy.”

“Yeah…whatever. But you know me, Rio. I hate it when I’m stuck with a particular girl. I’m a playboy, and I hate….”

“Yeah…Whatever. Tell that to your mom.”

I heard laughter, and they began talking about somethin