Chapter 23. Hidden Feelings

My eyes widened.

From the car window, I saw my sister, Gretta, alone inside a coffee shop in a city, two hours away from the Einsworth Manor. At first, I was so suspicious about where Marissa would take me, but seeing my sister peacefully sipping a cup of coffee not too far away from the car made me want to run outside and call her name.

To tell her I was here.

I bit my trembling lower lip as tears trickled down my face. I thought I already cried all the tears I had last night, but seeing my sister after a long time of hiding made the pain worse. The guilt I felt hit me twice because I couldn’t let her know where I was. I couldn’t let her know the situation I was in or how I ended up being here.

“I just thought that maybe you need to see your sister,” Marissa murmured beside me while we were in the backseat of the car. Her voice wa