Chapter 17. The Greedy Parents

Sofie’s POV

What exactly could he want to see them for? I wondered to myself as the car pulled to a stop in front of my parents’ shabby house.

Roman shot me a look. “Shall we?”

I nodded. “Yes.” It wasn’t as if he actually cared about my opinion anyway, I thought as we walked toward the house together. Walking inside made me incredibly anxious as memories of that day with Mr. Alexander Guilon came to mind. Roman is here now. I have him to protect me for a while. He won’t let them harm me, I reassured myself.

As usual, my parents were lazily splayed out on the couch together, watching a rerun of a Mexican telenovela my mom was particularly obsessed with. They must have sensed our silhouettes hovering near the entryway because they both turned their heads to glare at me, paying absolutely no attention to Rom