Chapter 17: Lies and Half Truths
“Mom! Dad!”
I said excitedly while blocking the door so they didn’t get a glimpse of who was inside. If this wasn't enough of a hint for him to kindly get his a*s of the chair and hide, with or without the plate, then I don’t know what was.
But I am surprised that they came back so soon. Weren’t they supposed to come back tomorrow?
“Oh, that!” Mom exclaimed when I voiced my thoughts, her voice still a bit hoarse from her cold. “Your grandma tricked us into going there since we haven’t visited in so long. We came back because she’d been expecting the two of you to visit as well.”
“Oh. Come on in. Where’s your luggage? And don’t you guys have a key?” I went in first, expecting to find the kitchen clear, but when has God or more precisely, Ethan, ever don
