36 - Becca

"Yes, I'm still going out with him," I gestured with my shoulders. "I need to relieve my head. Besides, Fred was having lunch with another woman today.”

My mother made a shocked tone.

“ Lie? Who?”

"I didn't even want to know, but he doesn't have problems with lack of option, so it can be anyone. No one would refuse to go out with him.”

"I need to meet this man," she joked, shaking. "Have you not thought about calling him to try to sort things out in a different place?”

I frowned.

"No, and I don't think he would even come. Fred is a very busy man, Mom. He owns his own business, and I'm not talking about a simple grocery store or silly stuff. He is important, and would not lose something profitable to come after me. Even if I promised that I would apologize for all the shit and nonsense I talked about last time.”

My mother laughed, looking away at her hands, checking her nails absent-mindedly.

"You know that Rapha also likes you, don't you? And it's not a silly like, it's a very old lik