TAYLOR
The ride back to the house was too quiet. I wanted to tell River that I was not angry, but could barely believe it myself. It felt like she had ripped my heart out of my chest, and I could barely understand why it felt that way. It made sense if she did not want her father to know I was her roommate; after all, I was not exactly a model student.
I was more the kind where the uptight mums would turn their noses up and shake their heads at me while secretly warning their children to stay away from me.
"Is your mum going to come as well?" I ask because the silence is killing me, and I wanted to feel a bit lighter.
"No," she shook her head and then raised her head. She had been staring at her lao since we started the ride home. "She can't come," she added. I wanted more, but I was n
