Chapter 53: Ultimatum

“What did you find out about my mom?” Everly asked Slate, her eyes focused out the front window as she waited for her dad to come home. She didn’t want him to overhear their conversation. She was also afraid that she would lose her cell phone signal right as Slate was telling her what he’d found out. That would be awful.

“I can’t tell you over the phone,” Slate explained. “We need to meet in person.”

Everly couldn’t believe what he was telling her. “What? No! I can’t do that. I told you, I can’t drive, and my dad won’t let me go out with anyone he doesn’t know. He definitely won’t let me go out with you.”

“All right, so… I’ll just pick you up from school,” Slate said like it wasn’t that big of a deal.

“From school?” Everly repeated. “You mean like after school?”

“If you want to,” he said. &ld