บท 220: Chapter 220: Tell Me Everything

This time Mom had gone, Dad pacing the foyer as I entered. Petunia huffed herself to her feet and came to me in a rush, bumping my shins with her heavy head, whining for attention. Okay, food, not attention. She must have missed her nighttime snack.

Seeing Dad made my traitor heart constrict further. Did he count on the no contact list? I had told Fleur I wouldn't tell Crew, but did my father qualify, too? I agonized over it as I hurriedly led Petunia into the kitchen, Dad trailing after me.

"Where were you?" He acted like he hadn't abandoned me earlier, driving off in his truck as if I didn't exist. "I needed to talk to you."

"Um, then maybe you should have thought of that before you skipped out." I crouched and handed Petunia her frozen strawberry allotment before scowling at him like he'd cracked his nut. "Right?"