Chapter 63: What do you mean, it’s immeasurable!

The wooden floor was beneath me. I was looking down and there was a woman in front of me. The most powerful woman in my life: mom.

The room itself was full of people and I felt more than just embarrassed and yet, it just had to be like this. 

"Now-" Her voice was calm. The glasses in the room were shaking. Something very bad was about to happen. "Do you mind explaining yourself?"

It was awfully quiet. Too quiet. The people around us looked at us but everyone was just expressionless. There were actually a lot fewer members present today than yesterday, which was a good thing I guess. 

"Um… I can-" I can explain, I wanted to say, but my mouth stopped on its own. 

Mom fumed. She didn't say anything but I could hear her breath. She was furious. "Don't I pay you enough allowance?" Her words had a sharp tang to them. 

"I mean-"