Reyona quickly entered the bathroom so that his voice wouldn’t be heard over the phone.

On second thought, she locked the bathroom door before she picked up the call.

“Hi, Mom,” she said with a smile.

“What is this, dear? What is going on? How did this even happen? How can you hide this from us? This can’t be true, can it?” Gladys Rochester asked anxiously over the phone.

“Mom. Mom, please calm down. What are you talking about?”

“Reyona Beatrice Dexter, don’t you have something to tell me? Why do you have to let us find out like this? What are you doing? Who are those kids, eh? Just...