Chapter 125

Anita’s POV

I stood behind just in time when the call ended. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get anything from him, but I knew he clearly was hiding something from me.

“What’s wrong?” I had asked him, and he replied quite like Richard would.

“Oh, nothing. It’s just some old friend that wants to attend the party. Are you done with breakfast?” he answered.

I was willing to press forward, but he kept dismissing it, and Reagan came just in time to save him.

“I will have to leave now, but are you sure you are okay?” I asked again because he seemed out of breath.

“Yeah, sure, don’t worry!” he advised.

I walked off back into the dining room, which he and Reagan never came back to.

After I was done eating, I decided to head for my room.

“I can’t wait for the Christmas party to start,” Cassandra giggled as we walked back to the room.

“Same here. I can’t wait to see how lit up everything gets to be here!” I agreed.

The day was