#Chapter8

---Hectic Day

“You didn’t save him from the rogues.”

My mom declares it as a fact. She doesn’t look away from the road as she is a very careful driver.

We’re on our way home, just the two of us, because Cora returned home with her brother, but she'll be coming back next week. I cough and scratch the back of my head, shifting in the passenger seat.

“Don’t bother to lie.” Her voice holds a tone of warning.

I sigh under my breath and prepare myself for hours of rigorous interrogation. “No, mother, I didn’t save him.”

Lying to my mother is utter foolishness. She has an internal...