Yvonne’s POV

“Yvonne, where have you been?” Mom asked and I withdrew slowly, my eyes flickering. This is the real question I'd tried so much to avoid and would have loved to evade if not that Raine pushed me into coming out.

“And were you eavesdropping on us?” Raine cut in.

“When you were shouting?” I barked at her. Mom stepped forward with a serious face, she was really curious to know where I'd been but when I looked at Alex wishing he would at least say something, his face looked elsewhere.

Out of shame, I lowered my face to the ground. “I didn't feel like coming home early,” I...