“My family,” she said. That was the only word that came to her head. She wanted to dismiss the word when it came out, but Adrian asked another question she was now obligated to answer.

“Where are they at the moment?”

“Errrm… they are at the house. The house…”

“…my dad gave to you,” Adrian finished the statement. Now everything made sense. The people she had been seeing all the while were her family. He was completely wrong all along. He was embarrassed by his assumptions.

“Were you at the hospital because someone was sick?” he asked. Since everything he believed had turned out to be a lie, it would...