Chapter 87

Zane's tone was solemn as if he was swearing an oath. "Annalise, I promise, even if they came after you while we were apart, I'll take care of it as soon as I find out." He was never one to break his promises. I believed him. "Okay." The main reason I wasn't scared of Zane's parents was that I could always explain myself to them. Even if his parents were to mistakenly believe I was involved with him romantically, I would tell them the whole truth. That should get them to back off. Relief flooded me at the thought of this. Seeing that I had relaxed, Zane glanced at the time and said, "Come on, it's time to pick Willow up from kindergarten." I hummed in response. … Parents crowded at the kindergarten entrance, but their numbers dwindled as more first-years filed out. In the end, only a scattered few were left waiting outside the kindergarten. "Steven." I turned around at the mention of Zachary's name, only to see Jessica and Steven, who had not been picking Zachary up from kin