Chapter 25

Laura got into the sitting room and saw that her mom and dad were in a heated argument. She looked at the time her dad was coming home. It’s almost twelve. Where has he been? She kept checking the time, hoping her dad would just show up at her front door, but that wasn’t going to happen any time soon.

“Can you relax? Your dad is not a kid, you know.”

It was then she noticed Evan had been with her all night and she didn’t even know time had gone. She turned to face Evan.

“I think you should go home.”

Evan looked at her with folded arms.

“Really?” he asked. “You could have told me that earlier. It’s late already,” he said, looking at the time. “Let me spend the night here besides,” He looked at Martina and Jones, “I feel like you need me even if you don’t admit it.”

Laura was going to smile, but if she did, it would mean she had f