I breathed before I said, “Hi, mom.”
“Sweety, okay, you can stay the night in Jessica’s house. Is Marco still there?”
“Yay! I love you!” I grinned when I heard my mom gave me her permission. “Yes, mom. Do you want to talk to him?”
“I love you too, sweety. Yes, please?”
Marco asked me, “Can I talk to your mother?”
It stunned me since both my mom and Marco wanted to talk to each other simultaneously. But then, I nodded. “Mom, Marco wanted to talk to you. Is that okay?”
“Did he? Okay.”
I handed my phone to Marco now.
“Hello, Megan. I wanted to drive Esme home, but Jessica wanted to spend the night with Esme at her house. So, I hope you won’t be mad at me. We’re in the parking lot now. If you want Emerald to go home, I’ll drive her home now. But if you give her permission to spend th
