`Why I am sorry, I did not know you did not have parents', Mrs Scott apologized for touching on a sensitive topic.
`It's okay. It has been so long. I can't possibly remember', she wiped her sweaty hands on her pants. Why is she asking me so many questions? First, my hobbies, my likings, my general health, and then the topic of my family. What next? How many sexual partners I had for lunch and dinner?
`Ma, the car is ready. We can leave now', Derek opened the door for his mother.
`Damien, you ride with Astrid and we will go to the Grand Cherokee', Melanie Scott ordered her children.
`What?!!', Astrid's face paled when asked to sit with Damien Scott, someone she had heard of but not spoken to at all. She frowned at the smirk he threw at her each time his mother pried into her life story. Astrid did not like to lay out her life details like that, but Derek rolled his eyes and simply nodded for her to continue much to her dismay.