Far away

Abi's hand on the door handle tightened around it. She looked at him and the man's eyes looked extremely serious. Where did that come from? Why was he asking? 

His question shocked Abi that she just stared at him and couldn't speak. She never ever thought that she would be having this kind of conversation with this aloof, stoic man! Her brain started to function again and she was about to answer but then, her phone vibrated. 

Abi looked at it and saw that it was her dad calling her. 

She looked up at Ezekiel Qin with a small apology in her eyes before she picked up the phone and answered it.

"Hello? Dad? Are you already here?" Abi looked outside the car window and saw her dad's car parked near the park. "Okay, I'm coming," she said and when the call ended, she looked at Ezekiel Qin. 

"You can go," he told her, not looking at her anymore.

"Thank you for the ride, Mr. Qin."

"Mn."