They ended up at Awesome Coffee, a chain café that was mostly empty and allowed them some privacy in the far back corner booth. Behind the wood veneer walls and the high vinyl seats, Jared noticed Shai relax.
“They found out. They saw the texts on my phone…from you.”
“Who found out?” asked Jared, even though he knew exactly what Shai meant.
“My parents. The phone bill showed all this back and forth texting with your number, so they checked my phone this morning and read all of our conversations from the past week.”
“They can’t do that,” said Jared, upset at the total breech of privacy.
“It’s their phone, and I’m their son. They can do whatever they want.” Shai finally reached for his coffee cup and took a sip.
“Your parents still pay your phone bill?”
Shai nodded as if this was no b
