“And do you trust his words?”, he asked after I finished reciting the entire events of the day to him.
He had listened to me silently, without even interrupting me in the middle, and had waited till I finished to start bombarding me with questions. Even Christopher was surprised at learning Luke's special identity, which proved how skillful he was at hiding and keeping secrets.
I nodded meekly at him and he pressed his lips tightly, as if keenly contemplating what I had just said, then shot yet another question at me, “Even though he lied to you before?”
I nodded again and said solemnly, “I doubt they wanted to harm me. If they really wanted to, they could have done that much earlier on.”
He pursed his lips tightly, not entirely satisfied with my justification for trusting Mike, but de
