Chapter 18

'Hames, she's not a baby, she can be by herself.' My inner mind (if that's a thing) said to me.

"Aren't you leaving?" She stared at me again with bored eyes.

Without a word, I turned around and took my leave. Mom hadn't stopped calling. The call ended but she called again almost immediately.

When I was certain I had reached a spot where the noise from the club wasn't going to serve as a disturbance, I finally answered her call.

"Hi, Mom." I said in a gentle tone.

"Wow, not a grumpy response. Lemme guess, you're not engulfed in work-related stuff at the moment?"

"Yeah."

"Explains it all," she chuckled.

"Do you need something?"

"I don't need something, someone else does."

I raised a confusing brow at her. Knowing she couldn't see me, "someone?"

"Yes, Amanda. She's here and she has the same complaint as me. She said she has arrived for a while now but you haven't been paying attention to her. You didn't even tell her you