My heart felt like it was about to bounce right out of my chest at any moment right now. I had never before imagined that I would feel this level of embarrassment over a simple response to an ordinary question, and yet, here I was. Doing exactly that.
I knew that there was nothing that I could say or do that would be able to get me out of this situation. My father was already as suspicious as one could be, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he was waiting for my response simply to find fault or confirmation in it. I could see it in the way that he was looking at me, in the way that his eyebrows were lifted in a rather thoughtful manner.
“And you, Anoa? Do you have any plans?”
In that moment, I wished to be anywhere other than here. There was no way for me to avoid that particular questio
