Adam reached the hotel in record time, his heart pounding with equal parts worry and irritation. He had expected chaos, but every time he expected Saira to behave decenltly she started creating problems! She'd told the boy he was her frienda and that should have been it! But she had to go now and complicate things! And she might claim that she'd done it for him, he knew and she definitely knew that things were not that simple. Saira did things only which were in her favour... beneficial to her.
But whatever he kept expecting, as he stepped into the hotel lobby and saw the scene in front of him, for the first time in his life, he actually felt his blood pressure spike through and a deep anger enveloped him.
Because instead of trying to coax the child out of hiding or even trying to calm the child down, Saira was here, at the front desk, making an unholy commotion, her voice sharp and grating as she jabbed her finger toward the elevator.
