Chapter 63

"I'm just stopping by to see how you are doing." He said. "I'm okay. Thanks." I replied. He nodded his head still looking at me. The room went quiet for a while as he didn't say anything. I looked down at my hands that I was rubbing against the bedspread. "I just wanted you to know that I wouldn't have asked you to leave the house if I had known what was going on at your house." Mr. Knight finally spoke. I looked at him then. "I know." I said truthfully. He then sit in the chair that was by my bed. "So why didn't you tell anyone?" He asked. "I don't know...I thought no one would believe me and also my stepfather had said that if I told anyone, he would do worst to me. I got scared." I answered. He nodded his head as if he understood. He then did something unexpected. He moved his hands and covered my right hand that rested on the bed. I was truly and completely surprised by his actions. This wasn't something I expected Mr. Knight to do. He always looks like a person who was detac