Chapter 6

Eliana

The next day, when I woke up, I was all alone in the house. I checked every single room, starting with the guestroom, thinking that maybe Nicholas had decided to sleep. After my efforts proved futile, I busied myself with preparing breakfast. I felt the urge to give him a piece of my mind for leaving when he had offered to stay.

"Maybe he left at sunrise," I consoled myself. It wasn't until hours later, before my class at the local university, that my mom arrived. She was with Robert, giggling and laughing like teenagers in love. The sight made fire begin to light up on the inside, ready to run through my veins and explode.

"Good morning, honey. Had a good night?" my mother asked as soon as she got in. I was all dressed up and ready for a drive up the college with Dorian and Rachel. They would pick me up in 20 minutes, and I couldn't have wished more for them to arrive earlier.

"Morning Eliana," Robert followed, helping my mom out of h