KAYLA'S POV:
I came home in the evening and went inside quietly with Theo. I saw my adoptive mother sitting on the couch. The moment she saw me, she came running toward me.
"Oh my daughter! Where have you been?! I was so worried about you!"
I raised my eyebrow.
Is she sick or what? Last night she was cursing me to death, and now she's worried? Looks like Theo begged her to act like this, otherwise she wouldn't even acknowledge my existence, whether I'm dead or alive. Or maybe she's just acting, as always. She thinks she can be sweet for a moment and I'll forgive her? Never. I would never forgive her. What she did to my dad, and what she did to me. never, ever.
I pushed past her as she tried to hug me and went straight to my room.
Inside my room, I was exhausted. Even though I had slept at Theo's apartment, it was only for a few hours. I hadn't had proper sleep. As I fell onto the bed and buried my face in the pillow, my phone buzzed with a notification.
I checked it but it wasn't my main phone. It was my second phone, lying on the table beside the bed. I reached out, picked it up, and opened the message. I had bought this phone just to stalk Hari.
The message was from the café where Hari worked. I had been selected, and they wanted me to come in for an interview.
I applied there only to be close to Hari, to know everything about him. It's not that I have bad or evil stalker intentions. It's just that he doesn't have friends, or anyone who really knows him. He's like a mystery boy, a silent kid.
In childhood, he was happy, social, and cheerful. But after his father's suicide when he was ten, I never saw him with friends or hanging out with people. He always had headphones in his ears, sitting quietly in the library, studying.
I heard that even in class, when Atasha tried to be flirty and social with him, he ignored her and focused on his book like a nerd until she got bored and walked away on her own.
Oh my God, there are so many questions about him. I'm getting confused, but I need answers and this time, I'm determined to get them. No backing out.