Chapter 68 Only If

“Amy…”

Before I could leave the house quietly without my mother’s knowledge, she somehow caught me in my crime.

“Where are you going?” She questioned and I dropped my sandals as I turned to her.

“Uhm, I am going out with friends…” I lied and my mother’s eyes narrowed, and then instead of lashing at me, she just sighed.

“Amy, dear, if there is something happening in your life, just be careful…

You know your father well, he won’t leave you alone until he will get what he wants…”

My mother spoke wisely, and I could see that she is worried for me.

Oh my dear mother.

I don’t want her to misunderstand Derek's relationship with me, which is clearly not more than sexual.

Hence, I provided her with a different truth.

“I have a date tonight, Mother…”

Her eyes dilated a bit in shock, and I could see her mouth forming the “D” word when I corrected her, “It’s my old friend from the college days, his name is Tom Garner…”