SHE

My tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth, my throat drying from her words, images of his security play in my head, of course he was dangerous, nobody needed that much security, no matter how famous they were, unless they were constantly doing something wrong. And dangerous.

“Dangerous?” I croak,

“Yes silly, you might end up thinking you have to impress him or something since he could be your father in law.”

I snort in derision, if he was like a normal father to Abed, if he were kinder, the absurd idea of him being my father in law... I felt my cheeks flame just thinking about him being a daughter in law, and therefore his wife.

Shaking my head and those thoughts away, I focus on the present,

“You say that knowing who his father is?”

Something passes her face, it’s too quick for me to catch, her expression is now one of exasperation.

“Do you really need to go?”

She is definitely trying to dissuade me right now, without any proper explanation, I stare at her for a few seconds, tryin