Hadley could only wish the floor to open and swallow her whole with the way everyone had their eyes on her.

Irene took a shaky footstep forward, then another and another until she was standing very close to Hadley.

“Who… are you?” her nose flared as she spoke and everyone could effortlessly tell the old woman was really upset about the whole situation.

Hadley kept mum with her gaze fixed on the floor as if her eyes could magically open the floor and then she could jump inside and hide herself in it.

When Karina had given her the card and invited her to her birthday party, she had no...