Chapter 36.
Tessa’s POV.
I rolled my eyes, shifting my weight from one leg to the other. My mother turned around and dropped the tray on the dining table.
“Well?” she prompted, tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.
I fancied telling her everything but knowing how my mother’s tongue could wag at the slightest prompting—even unsolicited— I had to filter a lot of the information I was about to share with her. Out of habit, I looked backwards at the front door to be sure we didn’t have any audience. Then I turned to my mother, with genuine excitement shining through my eyes.
“Mum, I might have just hit the man jackpot!” I announced in delight.
“What do you mean man jackpot?” she asked with an incredulous frown on her face.
I rolled my eyes and said, “So I met this guy..”
“Wait. Yo
