Gloom

Chapter 57

And I was going to do it.

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"No," my father sentenced, returning his attention to the tablet in his hands to continue reading after my interruption.

"Can I at least know why?"

"Should I remind you?" Her," she inquired surly, raising her eyebrows. You should be grounded, Amy. And don't think I can't forbid you to go out. You may be very old, but I am your father.

I wanted to reply to that, but I decided that it was better to go the quiet way.

"But... now I'm going to go see a friend," I lied. My tone trembled, but I hoped he wouldn't notice it was because of the trick, but because of the reprimand.

"And that friend isn't Diana?"

"No, it's not," I replied with a slight annoyance. I'm in a fight with Diana. I want to go see Nat.

"And where do you know this Nat from?"

“I met her at work. Out of desperation I added, "Anthony has already seen her."

Anthony, who was sprawled on the couch frantically moving his fingers over his cell phone, flinched and froze for a second. My father's ey