"No, no, I wasn't sick," I replied with a laugh. "I had a family thing come up."
"A family thing?" she asked.
"Yeah," I said.
I really don't want Otti to ask me about it. I just don't want to tell her who I am yet. I don't want her to think differently of me. It's hard enough to get her to relax and trust me now. She'll probably think that I'm just like Pierce. Then neither of us will have a chance with her.
"What kind of family thing keeps you from school? Or talking to me all day?" Otti asked.
I blew out a breath as I ran my hand through my hair.
"I told you I had siblings. Elijah came to see me on behalf of my dad. He was checking up on me and I didn't like it. So... we kind of got into it. Which led me to calling my parents and yelling at them. I was angry, and I didn't want to b
