Chapter 38

Emily Warner

“Oh my god! Mom!” I say as I hug her, “How long have you guys been standing here?” I ask as I hug her and she smiles and I see my father standing behind her.

“Just 15 minutes, the security guard said you are not at home so we have to wait.” She says and I nod as I feel nervousness creeping inside me.

Carter was at home.

“Where were you?” She asked me as she embraced my hair. “Uh-“

“On a date probably.” My father jokes laughing at his own joke. I flash them a sheepish smile as I lead them in my building to my apartment.

My mother is an angel, my father is… well… not an angel.

I wouldn’t say that he bullied me, but he likes making fun of me, he enjoys making jokes and laughing at my expense.

I played with my fingers as the elevator rode up, I wish Lucas wasn’t at home, I have no idea how I would explain his presence in my apartment.

“Sorry to show up unannounced but we haven’t talked in a month, w