GET OUT!

Shock filled me as I clenched my fists together at my sides trying to keep myself from trembling. My face creased in fake confusion as I watched her. “What do you mean, Jennifer? The old man doesn’t need to tell me directly before I get him water. As you know already, he can’t speak. So how can he possibly express what he needs,” I said, faking a sigh in exasperation. “Water is a necessity. I thought he must be thirsty so I came here to get him one,” I said. My heart pounded erratically. ‘I just hope she believes me,’ I thought in fear. She stared me, not saying anything, but I could still see the suspicion briming in her expression. “Then, why was the door locked?” “Are you trying to imply something with that, Jennfier? What are you trying to insinuate with that?” I snapped dramatically watching her flinch. ‘Good!’ I thought as I watched her eyes flare wide. She definitely had not expected me to have a backbone to speak back at her. I slipped past her to get a bottle of water from the