89 A harmless father-son talk

"Your reputation isn't all that good." She shrugged at his words and resumed driving. Whose fault was it that his words could not be easily trusted?

"Do you trust me?" He asked, even after hearing her statement and knowing what the answer was probably going to be.

She frowned slightly. "Trust is a strong word. But that doesn't mean I like you any less. I mean, it's part of you. Do I have a choice?"

Her words took him by surprise, then he found her funny and laughed. "You look and sound so cute right now."

"Don't get used to it. I'm not always like this." She retaliated while taking the route to his house.

"Yeah, it's probably momentary. You might soon go back to the ordinary version of yourself, or worse, to the snarky one that seems to have something against everything I do—including breathing." He laughed when she rolled her eyes and then he continued, "which is why I'll be a fool if I don't take full advantage of it."