Elijah POV
I sat up all night waiting for the strange woman to get back. I was in no mood for her wits and tricks. She had a lot of explaining to do.
I would call my dad’s private investigator but she didn’t tell me her name so there was no one to search for.
“Help me run a background check on a woman by the name of Miss ma”. He would probably think I’m crazy or worse.
It was almost dawn. Thought of leaving or calling someone to come pick me up but then I needed answers. She was going to give them to me and she would have to start from the picture.
What was the picture Laila took with her parents doing in her library?
We’d brought up her parents in one of our conversations and she had shown me their pictures so I could see what they looked like.
It was terrible, what happened t
