Silenced Guns

After Serah closed the lights again and left the room, Adam crawled out from under the bed and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Are you alright?" Alice asked with an amused smile.

Her heart was also racing as her mother was extremely close to finding out.

"Yep…" Adam sat on the bed and looked at her with a deep look.

"What's wrong?" Alice tilted her head in confusion, wondering why he was looking at her like that.

"I have something to confess." Adam lowered his gaze slightly and felt like he had a lump on his throat.

Alice sat silently and felt her heart skip a beat. She had a feeling that it was something very serious.

Adam opened his mouth and started talking about what happened between him and Lady Yu.

He spoke slowly, a pain in his tone, and Alice just sat still, barely blinking as she soaked up all the information like a sponge.

After he was done, they sat in silence for nearly a minute.

However, then Alice spoke out.