Alejandro's POV
Melissa appeared from the kitchen before I could interrogate the boy further.
"Who's this?" I asked her, pointing at the offending little guy sitting on my table, in my house, with those big eyes narrowed at me, as if I was the one who invaded the house.
"He's one of my students, hon," she explained, greeting me with a hug and a kiss to my cheek. I stared at the boy with a smug look on my face, and he just scowled.
"There's a bit of trouble and he has to stay with us until tomorrow..." Melissa continued and looked up at me with a hesitant look on her face. "If that is okay with you, hon. He had nowhere to stay for tonight."
He didn't need to explain further. I grew up in a fūcked up environment to know so many cases of abuse and neglect. Some parents just don't des
