8 Сhapter 8, Grus?

"We'll go to your hometown and figure it out," Theo told his idea.

"Why?" Asked Erica.

"You see, I doubt the purity of this case," Theo replied.

"You decided to kick me out of the apartment in this way?" the girl suggested with fear.

"No, of course," the guy laughed, "I'm going with you," he smiled.

"I don't have any money," the girl repeated.

"I'll pay for everything," the guy said calmly.

"No," the girl said firmly, " I don't see the point of this trip. We will only lose time."

"You'll still be a plus," Theodore said.

"Why should I?" the girl laughed.

"Your parents aren't dead. How do you not understand this?", the guy began to tell, " They handed over your patient to the children's domi, and they dealt with you in a different way.

They waited until their eighteenth birthday and faked their death."

"Nonsense!" the girl shouted, jumping up from the sofa.

"Do you have the phone number of any of your friends in Grasse?" he asked.

"Yes," the girl replied sulkily. Call someone and ask them to go to their old apartment. Since you're so sure, " Theo offered.

Erica didn't want to do this, but to prove to Theodore that he was wrong, she went to the room, picked up the phone and returned to the living room, dialed the number of her friend who lived next door.

"Adele, hi!", Erica greeted and put the conversation on speakerphone.

"Hi, how are you?", Adele asked.

"It's okay," Erica replied, " Look, it's just, of course, but could you come to my apartment? Just to see who lives there, " Erica asked, a little shy.

"I'm afraid to ask why," said the friend.

"I have some suspicions, I want to make sure," she said and looked at Theodore contemptuously.

"Okay, I'll go take a look. I'll call you back as soon as I look, " Adele agreed and hung up.

"Are You Satisfied?" Asked Erica.

"Now, yes," the guy replied with satisfaction, " But if I was still a pav, we are going to Grasse."

"Well, even if my parents are alive. What does this give us?", asked Erica.

"You can sue the apartment, because in fact it is yours," the guy explained, " If you, of course, have at least something to prove," the guy said.

"I had some inquiries from the hospital and that's it," the girl replied.

"Let's hope that after five years they will not turn a blind eye to them," the guy said. "I don't understand," the girl said, "Why do you care so much?" she asked, frowning.

"Maybe because it's just not the first time I want to help you?" he asks the girl.

Erica felt embarrassed that she had become so attached to him, and that his good nature seemed to her an insidious plan.

"And who will you leave the girls with?" she asked.

"How with whom?", the guy was surprised, " They will go with us."

"Where will you get so much money from?" the girl asked seriously.

"Shh...", Theo put his finger to the girl's lips, "I'll deal with everything myself," he smiled and, taking his phone, went to another room.

Soon Adele called, "Erica, you said that your parents died," the girl immediately said.

"Yes," Erica replied.

"They're home," the friend said. Did you say that?", Erica asked.

"Yes, they asked why I came. I was very surprised and at first I thought it was just my imagination. But I asked what they were doing here and after that they just slammed the door in my face, " Adele said.

Erica was silent on the phone, despite the fact that her friend tried to reach her.

As a result, she put the phone on the table and, getting up from the sofa, headed for the exit. She didn't want to talk to anyone. She had trusted these people all her life, and they had so easily got rid of her as well as Sabina. I downloaded the question why they did not do it right away, but waited for the majority and only then turned such a plan.

She went outside and walked quite slowly. I was looking around the city, thinking about the situation. After walking a few yards, the brunette sat down on a bench. She had no idea how she would come to her parents and file a lawsuit. After that, the relationship will be destroyed to the nines. She sat there without emotion, but still sobbed. At the age of twenty-three, she had taken on too much, so she scolded herself for it, scolded herself for her weak character.

"What people!" someone shouted from another part of the courtyard. Erica looked up and saw Andre.

Quickly wiping her tears, she waited for the guy to come up.

"And why are you sitting here alone?" he asked and sat down next to her, but Erica did not think to answer.

"And where is your tenant?", without paying attention, he asked the second question.

After taking a little time, he asked again ," Are you still sulking?" And how should I behave?", Of course, it sounded rude and impertinent, but she said it quite calmly, " You got the money. I think that's it. I don't blame you for that. I shouldn't have opened up to you," she said.

Andre even felt awkward from that moment on.

"I'm sorry," he said quickly and briefly.

"Come on," the girl replied.

"But still, why are you sitting here and...", took her chin, " Are you crying?", he finished the question, but the girl continued to be silent, so he began to question her ," Did Theodore do this? This scumbag?", but Erica also kept silent.

"We can go to my place," he invited. "I'll refuse, perhaps," the girl grinned, "I've already gone once," she reminded.

"Ah!", the guy sharply remembered," Why aren't you coming to work tomorrow, or rather you took a paid vacation?", Andre asked." I...", The girl didn't have time to finish as Theodore also appeared.

"You're a bastard yourself, Theodore," he said.

"I'm here calming your flatmate from tears. What else can I think?", said Andre.

"Erica, are you crying? Why?", Theo was surprised and immediately went to the bench and squatted down next to it.

"You were right," the girl said, turning her face to the guy.