Chapter 30. Tiny Black Box

I was right.

Otis didn’t show up again after Caden came back until Madelyn knew about what happened to me. They asked me who the stranger was who helped me. I couldn’t tell them that someone trespassed on the Einsworth manor and introduced himself to me as the newly hired gardener.

I wondered. If I told Caden that it was the man who saved me from the prying eyes of the people in the mall where I used to sneak in, would he remember his face?

“It’s nothing. Maybe I just misunderstood things,” I answered with a weird smile, and Madz immediately caught my eye, knowing that something was not right.

I averted my eyes away from her, not wanting her to throw any more questions about the man who helped me. I had no idea what Otis’ intention was, but I felt deep inside me that he was not a bad person because if he were, he wouldn’t play as a