Chapter 4

I stared at him. "Didn't you leave in the middle of the night? Julian, I didn't say I was coming to the cemetery. How did you know I'd be here?"

Julian actively took my hand. "My stomach wasn't feeling well yesterday. I saw you were in the bathroom, so I went to the hospital myself. This morning, I came back and heard Aunt Camila say she wanted to come with you to pay respects, so I tagged along."

It was an almost perfect lie.

I mumbled an 'hm' and said nothing more.

When we arrived at the cemetery, seeing the…