Chapter 96: Holding hands?!

Cassie's anger didn't just evaporate, nothing of the like. She was still as furious as her friend as she was before she came in with all those apologies… 

But now that she calmed down a little and actually listened to what Irene had to say, she could no longer just avert her eyes, assume bad intentions, and move on. 

And even more importantly, given Irene's insistence on bringing her out to see something, Cassie couldn't help but feel curious. 

"Just a little bit further," Irene urged her friend as she rushed down the street, looking around at every intersection, as if she was a hunting dog trying to catch the smell of her prey. 

'She really looks like she's smelling something out,' Cassie thought, even more puzzled than she was before. 'Wait, what if she's trying to bring me somewhere where her other friends would…'

Cassie's lips pressed together as she turned her mouth into a single, slim line.