"Why didn't you even tell anyone that you'd stay there? Don't you know how upset we are with you?" Derrick yelled angrily.

I tried harder not to understand and just looked in the other direction. He held both my arms, which made my heart ache as if I couldn't breathe.

“You should have stayed in your room. You shouldn't have done that. You're a woman, and you can’t sleep outside like that. What if someone like a man makes moves on you?!" Derrick asked me raising his voice.

"I never thought that action of mind would draw so much attention from you. You seem so preoccupied at the moment." I...