[Music Recommendation: "Tiptoe Thru The Tulips" by O'Neill Brothers (instrumental only)-available in Youtube or Spotify] ~ Please listen to it in a loop while you read this part to experience the utmost beauty of this chapter ~
I struggled to find the right words and had to search the seven seas in my mind just to gather the courage that I needed to answer that simple question. Mom, Dad, what should I say? Should I be honest and say it's a contract? Of course not, she's not Hora and Crystal.
'OH MY GOODNESS! I just realized… I confessed the contract to Crystal. And Kaiden said I shouldn't tell her. Oh nooooooo… I'm doomed. I just broke an agreement from the contract. I'm sure Crystal would keep a secret, right? But still… Ugh. I'm such a clutz. I need to explain this later to Kaiden.'