Jasmine:
I tried to make my footsteps as quiet as they could get, my shoes in my hands and the large duffle bag I had packed to go to camp in the other.
The room was near pitch black and the more I advanced, the more I could finally feel like I was going to get in safely, get in without encountering them.
But then the light switched on and seated on the couch was my father, that same look of disappointment now the dominant expression on his face as he turned to look at my mother who gently reclined into the chair.
Immediately, I tried to compose myself, to re strategize.
" Hey! I did not know you would still be awake by this time. I did not even want to disrupt your beauty sleep." I said, flashing them one of my Oscar winning smiles.
They did not buy it.
" Maurice tells me that the
