Elodie's POV~
"It's nothing, Grandma. Really. I just didn't want to go back right now and I miss you so much." I tried forcing a smile to my lips but failed woefully and saw as my grandmother kept searching my face and then pursed her lips as though she had found out the lie.
Nodding without saying further, she turned and walked away. And me? I simply released the deep, painful sigh I was holding back in.
Liora must have had the time of her life with Sienna over the weekend.
I knew because she didn't call. Didn't text. Nothing.
Not even a goodnight message.
By Monday, I'd stopped checking my phone every five minutes and just went to work like everything was normal.
It wasn't. But I was getting good at pretending.
The day passed in a blur of meetings and code reviews, and by the tim
