CHAPTER 109

  "Ahem...what are you doing here, Paisley?" I quirked my brow to the top of my head, recovering from the initial shock of seeing her.

  "What am I doing here? I come here to read all the time..." She inched closer one step at a time, her eyes flipping from Mary to Nadia who stood at a spot with their faces to the ground, ostensibly shivering in fear of her wrath. "And you what are you doing with this two... smelling fello__"

  "Stop it, Paisley! These are my friends. Don't call them that, please." I warned her, with a strict distraught look. "We only came here to look around as well as read."

  "Uhm..." she wasn't satisfied. She gave them a thorough round-up and faced me. "You should stop meandering around with these fellows. They are not our class and you know the Queen mother would be crossed with you if she finds out you keep company with lowlives."

  "Paisley!"