Nadia whispered something to an elderly woman who opened a door and brought out a bag and handed it to her. Nadia curtseyed and ran out of the restaurant. Jaden smiled as she came back. She had really grown bigger than the last time he saw her. She was much taller now than an average twelve-year old.
Nadia returned with her school bag in her hands with which she had obviously tricked someone that she went to school.
“Are you sure they allowed you to come here?”
She rolled her eyes, took hold of his palm, and led him away from that spot. “I said it before. After they dropped me at school, I went to the bus-stop and did all the necessary things to come here. If you’re wondering where I got the money from, I had savings. And the officials there must have guessed I’m about sixteen or fiftee
