VICTORIA ~

By the time we got to Benita's house, it was already dark.

"What exactly happened? Why did it take you so long?" Benita unleashed the long-acquired question she had been wanting to ask.

"Please get me something to eat first; we'll talk about that later," I replied, slumping on the couch in the sitting room.

"Since today I haven't eaten, from one problem to another." I huffed a tired sigh, my eyes closing as if I were dozing off, but Benita leaned in and intervened.

"Please don't sleep," she said. "I will get you something shortly." She brushed my face with her palms, wiping the drowsiness off my...