"Are you sure you want to leave?" Joe asked as he dropped Rudy outside of his apartment. "You can stay the night here if you want to. We have a guest room."
"It's the weekend, so you shouldn't have school tomorrow either, right? Just spend the night here. I will let Rebecca know," Joe insisted.
"No, it's fine. I already said I have a friend waiting in the lounge, so I have to go." Rudy turned around and said, "And don't tell mom I was here."
"Why not?" Joe asked with a confused look on his face.
"If you tell her, then she will ask what I do when I come here. And I don't want to lie to her, so I will have to tell her that you told me everything despite her warning you. So it's better if we keep our mouths shut, right?" Rudy asked with a shoulder shrug.
"You have got the point." Joe nodded and walked back into his apartment. But he came out a second later to say, "Be careful on your way—"
However, Rudy was nowhere to be seen.
