My mom was going to travel for the weekend. She didn't want me to stay at home alone because she knew me too well for that.

The ‘bad’ friends and the girls I always brought home when she wasn’t around.

Before heading to the airport, she told me I would be staying at her soldier friend's place, because she trusted the soldier lady that I wouldn't dare misbehave in her house.

The both of us... The soldier and I... Saw my mom off to the airport.

We returned with her car.

The drive home was silent. Biting.

At first, I feared her face but when she spoke to me, her...