Chapter 36- She told me

Emerald

Mimi and I rushed toward the table and looked up at each other when we saw the call identity. It was my dad.

And I didn't know why I was weirded out by the fact that he called. Mimi also knew how close, let's rephrase that, she knew how our relationship was. Mimi could really tell much about me and my family without even meeting them while I didn't know why she didn't like her mom so much.

Whenever I asked her, she didn't care to answer.

“Pick it!” she looked down at the vibrating phone and I picked it at once.

“Dad?”

“Emerald. How are you?”

I widened my eyes. That was a first.

“Good, ” I said and then caught my breath. “What’s up?”

“Can’t I just say hello?”

Jerking a shoulder forward, I held the phone with my shoulder, starting toward the tap to wash my hand.

I chuckled. “Well...Where are you?”

Washing my hands with soap, I dried it with a napkin before using my hand to hold on to the phone. Mimi was busy searching something from the cupboards while I roamed aroun