Chapter Sixty Eight

Leon

Dad didn't understand why Joni was hiding in my closet or why she passed out but I know. She must have heard what I said, the words I mentioned and that caused her to panic and pass out.

Now we're at the hospital standing outside the emergency room waiting for the doctor to come out with news about her and I hope that she's okay.

"Want to tell me again why she was hiding in your closet?". Dad asks me again.

"She spent the night." I say succinctly.

"Oh." His mouth forms an o and a look I know too well crosses his face.

"Nothing happened." I quickly tell him.

"I trust you." Dad smiles.

"I'm happy that you have this notion of me being a very good boy who wouldn't sleep with a girl until after marriage." I state dryly.

Dad smirks knowingly. "I know."

"You know what?". I huff.

"I know that you're the kind of boy who'd wait until after marriage to sleep with a girl." He replies confidently.

I frown at him not liking the fact that he knows me so well but he only laughs and ruffles my h