“They will come for me,” Rika was able to utter the words to him after the first week.
The scene wavered as my head shot up inside the car. The younger version of Luke was cold to her, not thinking what it would be like for her to be separated from her parents for the first time. I leaned against Luke’s shoulder from dizzily wobbling from my memory coming back to me. I hoped he didn’t notice some cold sweat on my hands since he could turn back the car. I breathed in heavy breaths of air as I didn’t dare to look at his face.
“You don’t look too well,” he immediately noticed.
“I’m fine. I did everything you told me to do yesterday,” I argued, placing my hand against my forehead while the other hand pushed his shoulder away.
He continued to watch me as I tried to maintain my p
