“Blair! It’s really you! Did you leave something here?”
Blair walked towards the apartment while saying, “Uncle Adalson askedto grab a contract. He left it there.”
Cecelia’s eyes lit up and she followed after her.
“You lived here before?” she asked.
“Used to,” Blair answered.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtShe opened the door to the apartment. To her surprise, Cecelia walked in as well.
“Then you and Wesley used to be neighbors!” she exclaimed.
Blair’s smile froze.
“Yes,” she simply said. In order not to make
Cecelia misunderstand her and Wesley’s relationship, she added, “Wesley was pretty busy. He was almost never home. We only saw each other a few times.”
After a moment, Cecelia nodded, “He’s too busy. He should have cback hmore often.” The “home” she was referring to was here.
Blair soon found the contract that Adalson wanted, and waved it at
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Cecelia, who was looking around the apartment.
“Aunt Cecelia, I found it. I gotta go. Uncle Adalson is waiting for me.”
Cecelia looked back at her.
“Okay.” Then she added, “Did Wesley ever visit you? When you lived here, I mean.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBlair didn’t know how to answer that.
“Uh…I don’t think so. I don’t remember. It’s been a few months.”
Cecelia nodded. She could feel that Blair was not willing to talk about
Wesley with her, so she stopped asking.
Niles was standing outside all the while, waiting for them. When he saw them cout, he grabbed his mother’s hand and led her to Wesley’s apartment.
“Mom, you stay here. I need to talk to Blair.”
“What? Alright. Hey, don’t push me.” Cecelia was smiling ear to ear as if Blair were her daughter-in-law.
As the doors of the elevator were about to close, Niles ran over and stopped it with his foot.
“Hey!” he said breathlessly.