Chapter 7. Silly Questions

"Are there dirty clothes in your room?” she asked, hoping to get away hurriedly from him and avoid answering questions about Tom.

The last time Tom had caught her discussing with her colleague about him, he had asked Sheila to do away with her, not considering the fact that she wasn’t saying anything bad against him. It had turned into a heated argument between him and Sheila and got resolved several days after. Since then she always avoided him like a plague whenever he was in the house.

“Well, I have my pajamas and a few clothes. I was hoping to do the laundry myself since I’m not busy with anything.”

“I’ll take care of the clothes.”

“I’ll come along to help you,” he offered.

“No please, I’ll do it alone by myself.” she said.

Henry didn’t press further. He noticed she was no longer comfortable discussing with him.

“It’s okay, I hope you come back later.”

She bowed slightly and quickly hurried away. He watched till she was out of sigh