Chapter 106

- POV ATLAS

Five minutes and exactly zero words. Holy shit! He knows, she recognizes. I know that look, I know my father, that questioning look that he directs at me is absolute proof.

“When did you intend to tell your mother and me that you were in New York?” she asked in a soft tone, hiding her possible and acceptable anger, for the stupidity I committed according to her thoughts, I'm sure that word goes on in my father's intelligent mind. But I breathe a sigh of relief that I won't be interrogated in front of the Light.

“I intended to…” I stopped, giving a lame excuse would only cause him more anger. “Sorry, Dad, I just forgot to tell you.”

“Forgetting? Or did you simply not intend to communicate with us?!” he questioned upset. “Call your mother today, she’s worried… and rightly so.”

He quickly directed his eyes to Luz. She didn't seem to understand our conversation. Her breathing was still normalizing after our adventure in the elevator.

“I’ll do it, Dad,” I say, he sits on the co