M A L L O R Y
“I can’t.”
His eyes looked saddened as soon as I answered him because I was honestly and initially very hesitant as the offer sounded too good to be true, “Why not? I will pay for everything, all you have to do is stay. Just for another day.”
“What about my friends? What am I going to tell them?”
“That you want to stay for another day.” He insisted.
“That is so easy for you to say, and be alone here in a foreign land that I knew no one about?”
“You know me.”
I burst into laughter, “I barely even know you. I only know that your nickname is Liz, you study business administration and double majoring in English Literature. Other than that, I know nothing at all about you.”
“Then that makes it more exciting.”
“WHAT???” I could not help but laugh dryly.
“Well, if you
