"May I come in?" I knock softly on the slightly open door that leads into her office. She looks up from her laptop and smiles, waving at me to come in.
"Have a seat," she gestures as she closes her laptop halfway and slides it aside.
"I spoke to a girl today," I start as I sit in her comfortable arm chair. "Kira, you know her, right?" I continue and she nods.
"So you and her mom were friends, huh?"
"Yes, that's actually true. I take it she told you I invited her to stay with us and further her studies, not?"
"Yeah. She said she's staying for a year."
"That's... what I said to convince her grandparents. I would like for her to stay longer. Let's say two, maybe three years."
"And what about her own parents?" Her expression visibly changes into a disturbed one.
"They are... no more,"
