Amber's mother has asked her where she has been all night. She is so much worried about Amber that she could not sleep the whole night.
She wants to slam her with questions as soon as she comes. She wants to scold her like anything.
But when she saw Amber, she could not control herself and melted in her hug.
She has only Amber in this world. She is her only daughter. How can she not be worried about her?
After recovering she questioned where she is the whole night.
When Amber listened to this question, she felt like some rock has fallen into his heart.
Where has she been all night?
How can she tell the truth? Can she say that some man tried to take advantage of her by drugging her? And can she say that some man has saved her?
If she says that will her mother again send her to the work?
She will surely ask her to quit the job.
Then how can she pay for her fees? Her mother will help, but again she has to find another job.
No. she should not say it.
She should hide this matter from her. If she says her mother will be worried everyday until she is home.
She knew she have to work hard if she want to complete her education. If she does not work her mother have to work more hard to earn.
It will be more burden for her.
Already her mother is sick but is still managing to drag herself to work to meet expenses.
If she quits her job now, it will be so difficult.
There are only few months left for her to complete her education.
Once she completes her college, she can get a decent job and take good care of her mother.
She has to work for that. Sometimes if is okay to hide the truth if it is good for us.
So, Amber decided to not tell her mother the truth and pretend that nothing has happened.
She felt it is good for her to hide everything from her mother.
She said, "Mom, I am so sorry. I know that you will be worried about me. But today there is a very important exam and I want to prepare for it."
"The notes are with Lilly, and she does not have the notes, so she took mine."
"So, we decided to study together after work."
"You know about Lilly right. She is very negligent and does not care to study. So I stayed back and helped her."
Voilet listened to it and said, "It is fine you stayed back to study. But why you did not inform me?"
If she has informed her she would not have worried about her.
Amber explained, "I tried to call you mom, but my phone's battery is dead. And Lilly does not have the charger which is suitable for my phone. You know I use old model phone right and she have the latest cable.so, I could not call you."
"I am sorry mom."
Amber lied and told whatever comes to her mind.
After telling that lie Amber got one thought.
What if her mother has already called Lilly and found that she is not with her? Then whatever she said will become a lie.
Why did she not think about this and blurted it out?
She began to panic.
Her mother looked at Amber seriously.
Amber thought that she got caught by her mother. Her mother would have called Lilly.
But on the contrary, her mother said, "Oh! Is that the reason you did not call me? But why Lilly also did not lift my call? I have called her a couple of times, but she did not take my call."
"I thought she will be working with you, and she knows about you. But she did not take my call."
Amber felt relaxed only after listening to her.
So, Lilly did not lift her mother's call. Maybe she is busy with her boyfriend and did not take the call.
Amber said, "Mom, maybe you have called her, but her phone was silent. We don't want to get disturbed, so she kept her phone silent."
"And after we read, we became tired and fell asleep mom."
She said another lie.
Her mother said, "Oh! That is the reason."
"When Lilly also did not lift the call, I became more worried."
"But Amber, please don't scare me like this ever again."
"Do you know much I am worried about you? I have only you in this world. Without you, there is no meaning to my life."
"Whatever I am doing, I am doing it only for you."
"Please keep that in mind."
Amber nodded her head.
She also felt sorry for lying to her mother.
But she doesn't have any choice.
Because if she doesn't lie, her mother will make her quit the job and it will become difficult for her.
This job is paying her well and helps her with their studies.
So, she doesn't want to lose her job.
Amber said, "I am sorry Mom. I will never do this again. I will inform you before if I must stay ack at night."
Her mother said, "Okay, Amber. I was waiting for you all this time. Now you are back, and I am okay. I am going to work."
"Get ready and go to college."
"I am running late for my work."
Amber nodded her head.
Before her mother could ask some other questions, she went into her room.
Amber's mother left for work.
Amber is having a bad hangover. She went to the fridge and took out water.
Then she poured almost half a litre of it into her throat.
Only after that, she felt better.
After that, she went to the washroom and took bath.
She is already late for the class. She will miss her first class and she cannot miss another class.
So, she hurriedly took bath and dressed. After that, she took the bag and left for college. She is still feeling a little headache.
But she cannot miss college.
When she went to college as she expected she missed her first class.
The second class is about to start. She hurriedly went to the class and sat in her seat.
She went into the class and sat beside Lilly.
Lilly is so worried about her.
Her phone is off, and she did not come to college. She is worried that something might have happened to her.
Because whatever may have happened Lilly will never miss the class.
She is worried that maybe she is sick, or something has happened to her.
Just then she saw Amber she is happy. Only after seeing her, she felt relaxed.
She said, "Amber, what happened to you? Why are you late for the class? Do you know how much I was worried about you?"
"Why did you not come to the first class? Where are you?"
Lilly fired series of questions.
Amber also wants to tell her everything that has happened.
She wants to vent all the pain she has gone through.
But now it is not the time. The class is about to begin. Moreover, there are so many people looking at her as she is late for class.
So, she wants to talk to Lilly personally and tell her what has happened.
She said, "Lilly, I must tell you so many things, but this is not the right time. I will tell once class gets completed."
Lilly also nodded her head and did not ask her anything more.