Chapter 20: Dark

"Can you come back later, miss? W-We'll call you when we have decided.."

I don’t know how, but when I smiled at her she went calm.

She slowly nodded. I talked to Reina after she left, but I didn’t tell her. She’s too young for this kind of crime.

"J-Jasmine, please tell me?"

"It’s nothing.." I nodded. She pout and her eyes watered.

I felt Cadmus, Rheo, and Topher approaching us. But their faces were serious when I looked at them.

I turned my eyes to Reina. She’s thinking deeply. Her eyes were glowing because of her tears.

Maybe they saw that Reina was suddenly sad.

"What happened?" Topher asked in a hard tone.

The chair made quite a noise when they pulled it and sat down.

Cadmus's eyes immediately met mine when I turned around, but I averted my gaze.

Topher looked at Reina in front of her. Rheo was waiting for my answer while Cadmus was staring at me.

“I-I can’t tell you… Reina’s too young for this.”

Reina frowned at me. “Try me then..”