Chapter 22

Evelyn Holder’s POV

“Ev.” Suddenly Alex appears with a big bouquet of flowers. I quickly stand up and hug him and cry on his shoulder.

“Hey what’s wrong?” He asked and patted my back. I keep on crying and crying.

“Hey it’s okay, I’m here.”

I stopped crying but still hugged him. He patted my back and then I released it. He wiped my tears and smiled.

“What’s wrong?” He asked.

“I-” Alex carried me up to sit on the table and he stood in front of me.

“Why? You want to talk about it?” He asked, I nodded.

“When I was 5, my dad brought me, my mother and Evan away from our house. My mom was holding me in her arms and she kept closing my ears. We were running away so fast. Remember when we met for the first time? That day was the first time I knew the reason why I was hiding. When we ran away, we hid in a little house and my mom an