Derek got up from the seat while Karina left the stairs and walked in fully into the living room.

“Why are you here this morning?” she asked snidely, looking everywhere but his face.

Derek parted his lips to answer him when Irene’s voice all of a sudden came through from behind him.

“What do you mean by what he’s doing here and why he’s here, Karina? Of course, he’s here to pick you up for school just like how he did yesterday,”

“But I didn’t ask him to do that, Mom,” Karina interjected, her hard gaze softening a bit. She knew she was starting to go hard with the poor...