Nora got home earlier than she expected and fortunately met Angel waiting for her inside the house.
"Hey"
Nora walked in and collapsed on the chair behind her.
"You looked stressed. What happened?." Angel crawled to where she was sitting.
Nora stared at her friend and held her face up "You mustn't blame me!!"
Angel nodded knowing that it meant she had done something wrong.
"Firstly, my boss suddenly changed towards me and I am so worried about him.
He is not always like this with me and I'm getting fucking apprehensive..."
Angel cut her off "Wait...are you saying that you are worried about that boss that makes you work extra hard?"
Ignoring Angel, she continued "So... today, I went out on a date with Dylan and I was absentminded because I was worried about..."
"Jason Anderson?" Angel cut her off again.
Nora nodded slowly "He asked me what the problem was and I said I was just worried about my boss' sudden change in attitude"
***
"Hmm...my boss just suddenly changed and I'm getting worried. Could it be that something happened? I don't know if he is okay?"
Dylan stared at her in disbelief. Wasn't she talking about Jason Anderson?
"Are you kidding me? We are on a date" Dylan yelled.
Nora was taken aback by his sudden outburst "Yes, I know we are on a date. Why the heck are you shouting?."
Dylan stood up and left the restaurant, Nora followed and held his hand "What did I do?"
Dylan left without saying a word.
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The room was silent after her explanation.
"Maybe he was jealous that you cared about another man during your date."
"But I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't even want to talk to him about it but he pestered me and after I said it boof...he got mad"
Nora suddenly remembered that Angel wanted to tell her something.
"You wanted to say something"
Angel looked to the ground"My mom showed up"
Nora stood up abruptly "WHAT!!"
"I was also as surprised as you are."
"What did she say?"
***
Angel got back late, thinking her father would have slept, she asked for dinner.
She was so hungry but was proving stubborn.
"Why are you coming by this time?"
Angel heard a voice that she was well aware of. It was her mom's.
But what the heck is she doing here? My dad would never allow this woman to get into the house.
Angel still frozen in a spot didn't turn around until her mom wrapped her hands around her from behind.
This angered Angel and she broke from her embrace "What the heck are you doing here?"
Then her mom burst into tears "My daughter... please don't run away from me. It's your mother".
Ha-ha" Angel started to laugh.
"Are you kidding me... ha-ha. Do I look like your daughter?"
She tried to move closer to Angel but she retracted as soon as Angel glared at her.
"As you can see, I'm the CEO of a big company, I don't have time to talk. I have work to do"
"You shouldn't be mad at me. It's your father who caused it" Her mom yelled.
Angel hissed "I can't believe that you are trying to push the blame. Dad hasn't been the best but I know he is better than you."
She ran into her room the instant her mom was about to talk.