Seeing him look at her with his scrutinizing gaze, Katie felt too aware of her face with his fingers still on her cheek.
Opening her mouth she began to speak, "This was-"
"I want to hear the truth," Alexander interrupted her with a smile on his face, "No lies. Straight to the point."
There were times, times like these when she wished not to see Alexander's smile. It was a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. A smile that gave uneasiness to the person who saw it.
It reminded her of the time when they had got back from Mr. Weaver's house, when she had denied the pain on her wrist which was due to the old man slashing her hand with a knife. At that time Alexander had pressed the wound gently yet deliberately to get the truth out of her.
"It happened in the town today. Two men came out of nowhere and- and hit me. They warned me to leave the mansion," she explained while he listened to her.
