Chapter 15

Nikki

“What? What do you mean by that?” I sat up in bed, unable to believe my ears. He had to be crazy to think I’d succumb to his foolish request, more like an order even.

“I mean, you’ll go with me to my mother’s.” He sounded confident.

“What?” I gasped, “but that’s crazy. Why would you choose me? And tomorrow? I don’t even have the type of clothes that suit that; plus, I’m just a casual girl, and it’s too early to come up…”

“Nikki!” He yelled my name in anger.

“Chad!” I called back with an equally harsh tone.

He seemed surprised by my harsh tone since my loudness was followed by a loud gasp from the other end of the phone. I bit on the edge of my pillow, waiting for him to throw a tantrum and call me out for yelling at him but nothing of the sort came. Instead, he spoke in a calm voice, “I’ll see you in the office today, and we’ll discuss it.”

“But I…” I tried to raise my argument, but he clearly had no time for that. I found it unbelieva