Aunt Jennifer and Lola shook their heads simultaneously, both of them wearing matching expressions of blank confusion that proved they were just as in the dark as I was about whatever emergency had just pulled our mates away.
“Oh, no, you don't, young lady. Don’t you dare try to be sneaky and pave a convenient way out of this conversation," Aunt Jennifer demanded, dropping her foot firmly onto the floorboards to emphasize her point. "I need the absolute, unfiltered details, girl, and I ain’t quitting until you give me the exact answers I deserve.”
I let out a long, dramatic groan, tossing my head back against the cushions. “Ugh, no wonder you and my mother get along so well. Both of you literally do not know how to keep your noses out of other people's business.” The intrusive questionin
