Blue's [POV]

"Blue," she murmured slowly.

"Why did you cry, sweetie?" I asked gently, touching her scarlet cheek with the palm of my right hand.

She sniffed and then hugged me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and sobbed once more. Now I truly felt guilty.

I should have met her. I was afraid that if I went to meet them with swollen eyes, they would question me and suspect something was wrong.

Actually, even though they were Demetrius's family, they sometimes suspected that Dem was ...