23.

"How long were you two deciding on hiding this from me?"

For as long as we could.

"We were just waiting for the right time dad." I lie. Telling him was never on my agenda in the near future or at all. I'd hoped we'd go years and maybe even get married without him knowing.

But his reaction to all this makes me feel stupid for hiding my relationship with Cody in the first place.

"I mean I kinda knew."

"What?"

Cody and I say in unison.

We're visiting dad because he wanted to see me before my big graduation in a few days. This is also the first time we're talking about the events of the past few days at the graveyard, likely because we're all only now in a good mood - in a better mood.

I'd been upset the past couple of days because I'd been really excited to finally celebrate my mother in the right kind of mood, the mood I hadn't been able to celebrate her in for too long.

I'd been a bit hard on myself for the fact that I let the mess with Ezra and his fans keep me from being with my mo