When We Left by Elena Aitken

Author:Elena Aitken
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Blot Communications

“Your parents don’t know anything, right?” Morgan kept her voice down and glanced at her bedroom door before pressing her phone closer to her ear. “They haven’t said anything to you, have they?”

“About last night?” Jess questioned. “No. I don’t think so. I mean, if they do, they haven’t said anything. And if they knew that Officer Anderson dropped us off, they would have flipped out.”

“So you don’t think he said anything?” Morgan wasn’t convinced. Maybe it wasn’t a totally far reach to think that her mom would have him over to thank him for the community service, but still it seemed…a bit of a stretch.

“Why are you so paranoid?”

Morgan flopped backward on her comforter. “He’s coming for dinner.”

“No!”

“Yes.” She sat up again. “See what I mean?”

“Totally. But it’s not like your mom is having him over to grill him on what teenage parties he’s broken up lately, right? I mean, they’re friends or something, aren’t they? My mom said they were pretty serious in high school.”

Morgan knew that they’d dated once, but obviously it wasn’t too serious because they’d broken up and she hadn’t given it more thought than that. It was gross to think of her mom dating anyone, especially Officer Anderson.

“Maybe they’re dating again,” Jess said.

“Gross.”

“I’m just saying…”

“Don’t say anything.” From the other room, Morgan heard the knock on the door, followed by Evan’s voice. “They’re not dating. They’re just friends.” Even as she said it, she wasn’t sure. “Besides, my mom isn’t even divorced yet.”

“I’m not sure that matters.”

Morgan squeezed her eyes shut. Jess was right. Marriage didn’t seem to matter. At least it hadn’t for her dad. “Ugh. I can’t talk about this right now.”

“So tell me about Trent. Did he text you today?”

Not only had Trent texted Morgan, he’d called her right after she’d gotten home from Jess’s early that afternoon and they’d talked until her mom got home from the grocery store. Morgan had never had a boyfriend before, not really—not that Trent was her boyfriend. But he sure felt like he could be. The girls talked for a few more minutes as if they hadn’t just spent the night together talking until the early hours of the morning. They made plans to go to a movie at the local theater later that night, and when Morgan’s mom called from the other room, they said good-bye with the promise of seeing each other in only a few hours for the movie.

She walked out into the living room hesitantly, still unsure whether Officer Anderson was going to keep his word and not say anything about dragging her out of the party the night before.

“Hi, Morgan.” He waved casually and smiled when he saw her.

“Hey.” She shrugged and shuffled from foot to foot.

“Kiddo, I was hoping you could make a salad to go with dinner.”

Kiddo? Morgan rolled her eyes. Her mom hadn’t called her kiddo in years.

“Is that a yes?”

She shrugged, went to the fridge and started gathering ingredients. Making the salad for dinner had always been her job, and she didn’t mind.

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