Maya
I spent most of my evening brooding and obsessively going over my conversation with Seraphina again and again.
At first, I kept thinking about the supposed reason she’d given for coming to see me and how it realistically didn’t make any sense whatsoever.
Something deep inside told me it had all been complete pretense from start to finish.
I mean, with time and reflection, I’d started clearly seeing the disdainful, mocking undertones in her statements. Little cruel jabs that had been unveiled without her even being conscious of revealing them.
“Mummy, I didn’t know we were having a visitor today.”
I moved away from the pan containing our dinner and went over to where Christopher stood in the doorway, bending down to his level and gently cupping his cheek.
With a warm smile, I ki
