"What's the matter...uhm, I met my friend!" I don't know why I'm lying to Mike now, there's nothing wrong with telling him the truth.

I went inside and my daughter immediately greeted me. "Mommy!" He hugged me tightly and I did the same.

"Mommy, you came back! What did you do outside?"

I want to say that Xander and I met, but I hesitated to tell her because she's going to talk again for sure.

"Mommy is just taking care of something important, sweetie." Answer to this question.

"Eh? What happened to your neck?" My eyes widened a bit because of his question and I got what he meant.

"That's...