Chapter 35: Spending the night

I had to take a second. I felt more anger and confusion. “Yeah, it was a lot of fun. I'm thinking about going again next weekend.” I said in response. P nodded. “It's good to hang around with your friends at this age. You're almost 21 now. I don't like these dates you're going on though.” He said. “Yes, dad,” I said with a laugh. He really was like my father. He had always been a father figure for me as my boss but now that he was dating my mom, it was so much more real.

Mom and Damon had a few more jokes with each other and even P started to loosen up, sometimes even laughing at Damon his jokes.

We finished the food and it was already quite late. “You have school tomorrow, right? We can do apple pie tomorrow.” P asked me. I nodded and Damon understood the hint. I walked him to the door and he walked behind me, putting a hand on my lower back. I quickly half turned, thinking about Elise. We stood in the doorframe and he walked out, turning around. “Don't be a stranger, Damon! We would