Nova
It took a couple hours visiting with Beth before it felt like she truly relaxed. Even then it didn’t quite ever feel like it had before I was fired from my last job.
More than anything, I felt like a curiosity. She asked about my sister, spending a lot more time trying to pry for all the information Dominic had worked so hard to keep out of the public eye than checking on how I was doing emotionally with my sister in jail.
She asked about Dominic, clearly trying to determine if he was as pro-human as all the papers were depicting him. I got so tired of constantly deflecting her questions and redirecting the conversation that I eventually told her I needed to start getting dinner ready to get her out the door.
It was the first outright lie I told her that day. I hoped she couldn’t
