Trouble.

"Shit!" I cursed under my breath, I hadn't thought of that before I pulled my first prank on her.

******

After Amber had finished picking up all the popcorn from the floor, Mrs Laurette made dinner for the two of them.

"Mum," Amber called to Mrs Laurette.

"You can call me mum too, I raised you," Mrs Laurette gave Amber a warm smile, then a questioning look.

"OK, my mistake, sorry Mum, I just wanted to ask you a question," Amber said.

"Alright, go on," Mrs Laurette said.

"Since Aunt Matilda is my mum and Mr Nathan isn't my dad, who is my dad?" Amber asked.

Mrs Laurette paused for a moment, then straightened and met Amber's eyes.

"Honey, that was a long time ago, and besides, I was only dating Mr Oliver then, I didn't know much about this family," Mrs Laurette said.

"All right, that's fine, I just wanted to know, thank you for dinner, I'm going upstairs," Amber said as she stood up.

"Amber, wait," Mrs Laurette held Amber's hand.

"I don't want you to stress about whoever he is, he left y
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