"You should let me know before you go out like that!" A voice reprimanded.
"Huh!"
Ava stumbled back instinctively as she had been startled out of her thoughts. Rocky, who had been behind her, also reached out automatically to steady her.
"Thank you," Ava whispered to him and then turned back to Geneva, who had spoken to her out of the blue.
"I- I'm sorry, ma'am, I-"
Geneva narrowed her eyes at Ava, making her quickly change the way she addressed her,
"I mean, Mum,"
Geneva nodded as Ava added, "It was a bit of an emergency, but it will never happen again!"
Geneva nodded again, this time, a mischievous twinkle glinting in her eyes as she took in Rocky's stance behind Ava. Geneva's eyes spoke volumes.
"You don't need to be so uptight about this! At least you had the mind not to keep me from my favourite snacks. I knew I liked you from the first day I saw you!"
