reezing unde

ven worse than that, she had nowhere to go. She was wan

his house was far across the city and she did not have mo

ter there. The store was so big, that it could pass for a warehouse. Amelia made up her mind not to go inside the store, but sta

er. She did not want to talk to them because she did not know if they were dangerous people. She stood there for a few minutes b

ht, that she did not notice the person walking behind her. She onl

ella. The person holding the umbrella was wearing a hoodie,

sir," Amelia gre

k hair and piercing blue eyes. Just like his name implied, he had the build of a lion. He had broad shoulders and just the pe

ie to tell him. "What are you doing out here?" she aske

onard said and Amelia knew that he had see

?" he asked, taking his attention back

said. "So, w

owhere to go, but how could she tell

a taxi," she lied, knowin

ith a luggage bag?" Leonard asked her. He knew sh

he narrated the event of the evening to him while crying and Leonard immediately decided he

re yourself out?" he asked, as if bringing a stra

angel from God? Only an angel would offer a stranger to live with him so quickly. Not that t

her words t

that is fine–" he was still talkin

stay with you," she said q

u a change of