Please...don't

Chapter ten

Because there was nothing. The safe was empty. 

I was confused, I couldn't be wrong. The password was correct. Which meant only one thing.

Someone took whatever there was before me. And I could only think of one person who would do that.

Veronica

But why would she?

I then grabbed my phone and asked her where she was. She said she was home and sent me her address.

I went to her house, the notebook in my hands. When I knocked on the door, veronica opened it.

"Hey George, come in! " she was wearing a white shirt with yoga pants and had put her hair in a ponytail.

She then led me to her room. It was clean, everything in order. No posters on the wall or scattered cloths

I looked at a picture on the wall. It was of a woman laughing holding baby veronica

"Who is that?" I asked

"That's my aunty, Jojo," she said, standing near the window

"Jojo?"

"That's what mom called her. Her real name was Maria"

"Oh, Why didn't you come to school today?" I said, sitting on the bed

"I didn't feel like it"

"Oh," then we both went silent. I didn't know what to say first. I can't just ask her about the letter. I should make small talk. right?

"Why are you here though?" she said, toying with her phone

"Mom's letter," I said "is it with you?"

So much for making a small talk

"ya," she said, "I was thinking of giving it back" pulling out a paper from her pocket and giving it to me

"Why would you take this Veronica? I don't get it" I said

She came and sat with me on the bed

"Me and mom had gone to your mother to visit on Wednesday. She told us that there was a letter in her private safe and that the password was on her first letter to you. But before she said that the letter was for you, visiting time was up. So me and mom thought that the letter was for us. That's why I came to your house at night and took it. but then, when I read it, I realized that it was for you. I really was gonna return it to you. I am sorry George"

I sighed that does kind of make sense

"Alright then, what were you doing at the hotel yesterday? I followed you and saw you with a wig and glasses and stuff."

She raised her eyebrows "I didn't really expect you to do that" she said "I was just getting some documents from mom."

"Documents? Didn't look like that to me." I said, "I mean why were you wearing a wig and a mask then?"

"Well, because I didn't want them to know me in case something went wrong"

She said it like the most obvious thing In the world

"Why? Why would anything go wrong?"

"It's just that" she whispered "some of the things mom does aren't very legal"

I frowned, "Then, why do you need to go for that?"

"Because they might recognize mom"

"But... but that means that... if something did go wrong, then you..."