Night time couldn't have come sooner. I swear it was as if the day was taking twice as long to go by. Once we were done with dinner, I ran upstairs to get ready to leave the mansion. Elysah looked concerned but didn't say anything. Zevran, on the other hand, had no problem telling me his concerns. He was worried about me going out to meet Maliki again. He wanted me to bring someone with me, but I asked him to go alone. He reluctantly agreed to let me go alone. I had Elysah put my hair up in a French braid before I left. She seemed happy doing my hair for me. She promised to teach me how to do my own hair eventually, so I wouldn't have to rely on her every time.
I rushed to the park and waited on the swings for Maliki. After some time, which felt like an hour or so, I got up to leave. I f
