The car pulled up in the spacious parking lot of the mansion Throughout the long ride, my mind had been mostly blank but the warmness of Shen's hand in mine reminded me of his presence, it served as a form of leverage, one that assured me that I hadn't quite lost everyone yet, not while that one person was beside me " come along" Shen said " okey" Shen slighted beckoning to me and I followed, my hand still held firmly between his own We made our way to the mansion in silence. Sue was at the door seemingly waiting for our arrival " are you alright? " was the first thing he asked, the question was generally directed at me. He looked a bit worried so I tried to muster an encouraging smile, however it came out less enthusiastic than I had wanted " am fine" I said in reassurance " Shen!

