The rain started falling as soon as they entered the house back and fifteen minutes later it was pouring heavily that Hayley couldn’t see anything out the window. She had just collected her phone and was contemplating on how to ask Tan to drop her at Hibiscus’ place even though she knew it was logically impossible to navigate a car in this rain. She exhaled heavily, wishing she was home with her parents, her part-time jobs and Darryl. Speaking about Darryl, she had not called in for hours now and he would have begun to worry, since her phone was dead he would be in a panic mode contemplating coming, if not already on his way. ‘So would you have dinner with me now?’ the owner of the house asked from behind her. Hayley rested her head against the slick window pane, feeling the cool against

