Elara's POV
I stepped into the house as quietly as I could, shutting the door behind me carefully.
I cleared my throat and called out. "Mum?"
From the living room, the soft rustle sound of pages echoed. "Elara" my mum's voice came in next.
"Are you just getting back from school?"
Oh damn it!
She was in the living room. I needed to cook up a lie quickly.
I peeked in. Mum was sitting on the couch with a thick book in her hand, her glasses hung carelessly on her nose and her tone was not as calm as she looked. There was this tension beneath it.
I forced a sheepish smile on. "Well yeah. Sort of. I was with Ethan, he has been really struggling with math so we had a quick study session."
She finally looked up from her book and narrowed her eyes at me slightly. "You should have at l
