124 Familiar Strangers 1

''Mother'' the words felt strange coming from Maria's lips even as she watched Ad-Din walk across the street to Alecia Maria Lee. Maria had thought about various scenarios of her encounter with Alecia Maria Lee but she never imagined it would be this way.

Truth was, a lot of questions were forming in her head and she started thinking back to the morning and everything Ad-Din had told her. she had sensed something was wrong or maybe he was hiding something from her. but, what exactly was he doing with Alecia Maria Lee?

Maria wanted to find the answers to those questions and she couldn't do that being locked up in the office. She tried to open the door and after a few attempts, a thought came to her mind. She removed the short clip on her head and tried again using the sharp pointed edge of the clip.

'Clack'

the door opened and she walked out and shut the door behind her

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