Explanation and not excuse

Damien's phone rang and he excused himself but he did not know that Debbi followed him, she gave an excuse that she wanted to use the restroom.

"Aimee, please calm down, I promise I would make it up to you, please" Debbi heard Damien plead

"Believe me, Aimee, my mom is the reason why I am not part of the hangout, she said she wants to have a family dinner with an important family and I have to stay, bare with me please" Damien continued to plead and Debbi shook her head in disappointment

"Really?" Debbi's voice echoed behind him and he turned around with great speed to view Debbi

"Why don't you tell her everything?" Debbi asked, Damien, bit his lower lip, and Aimee was no fool, she heard someone's voice but she could not understand what the person was saying and the voice sounded like that of a female

"You are such a liar" Debbi shrugged as Damien glared at her, if eyes were bullets, she would have been long dead

Damien covered the speaker of his phone with his palm but that did not stop Aimee from screaming hello, she (Aimee) did not want to end the call because she could hear many voices in the background

Damien knew he would be in trouble if he ended the call, it would look like something was going on. He had to choose between the deep blue sea and the devil, he had to go for the lesser one.

He ended the call angrily and went for Debbi like an angry bull. "Deborah Alexander!" He yelled her full name

"Damien Parker!" Debbi did not hesitate to yell back "you such a desperate slut!" He uttered earning a hot slap from Debbi

"Are you out of your senses or have you gone nuts? Remember it is a game of pretence" Debbi reminded him of their deal earlier "but that does not include doing what you just did right now" Damien screamed

All of a sudden, Debbi started caressing his cheeks softly and he became surprised "Damien how many times do I tell you to stop overreacting?" She asked gently

Damien opened his mouth but could form no words, he then turned his head in the opposite direction to see his mother standing there staring at him, she was pretending! She was one hell of an actress! And how come he did not notice his mom there

Damien decided to play along so he held her close, earning a smile from his mother before she turned to leave. Once she was out of sight the duo separated from the hug swiftly as if they were poisonous

"I must say, you would make it if you become an actress," Damien said, Debbi did not bother to reply as she just stared at his gorgeous face. "And thank you very much for putting me in a tight corner with my girlfriend," Damien said ironically

"You are welcome" Debbi replied earning a glare from Damien as the both of them approached the sitting room.

By the time they got to the sitting room, everyone had finished eating and was watching a tv program. Debbi intentionally grabbed Damien's hand and that gesture did not go unnoticed by everyone in the sitting room but none of them commented

'You are such an actress Lil sis, keep the act going!' Franklin texted her via phone, Debbi smiled before she replied

'I told you guys I would be fine, besides it would not hurt if I flirt with my crush a little bit' Debbi replied

'Remember he has a girlfriend' Franklin hinted 'I have a whole lot of gist for you guys today and I must say it is very funny' Debbi added.

The family watched tv in silence and the only things heard were the casts of the movie talking, apart from that no one talked until someone barged in

"Damien!" A feminine figure entered the sitting room all annoyed and angry, she was here to see Damien personally but got to see not only his family but Debbi's as well

Damien facepalmed when he saw the angry girl who bumped into his house, for crying out loud what has he gotten himself into?

"Who are you?" Mrs Parker asked, irritation written all over her face, this girl was mannerless, how could a young girl of her age barge into someone's house and start yelling as if she owns the place

"I…l" Aimee stuttered as she looked over at Damien hoping he would come to her rescue but he said nothing, she was in this alone.

"How did you even get past the security?" Mr Parker asked, his wife nodding in agreement with her husband's question

"My… name… is Aimee and I am Damien's…" Aimee did not complete her statement thanks to Debbi's interruption

"She is Damien's friend and also my friend, I think Damien offended her, right Damien?" Debbi asked cupping his face but only he saw the smirk which stated he should play along

"Yes mom, I need to talk to Aimee, she is angry at me" Damien was about to leave with Aimee when his mother said "she has not answered how she got past the security"

Damien bit his lip, looking over at his mom "mother, she is our friend and I know you might have a bad impression about her because this is your first time meeting her, with time, the both of you would bond well" Debbi rescued Damien, part of her statement was true because if things work out between them, Mrs Parker would have to bound with her daughter in law

But why does it hurt thinking of Mrs Parker calling another girl her daughter-in-law, that position has been hers for quite a long time but she has to give it up.

For once after their fight, Damien was grateful that Debbi saved him the stress of facing his mother but left him with the stress of facing and explaining things to Aimee, and come to think of it, Debbi made Aimee come over.

"Are you not going to follow them?" Mrs Parker did not know why she was uncomfortable with that girl "no mother, besides they are both adults and can talk things through, whatever Damien has with her is his business and not mine" she replied

Mrs Parker smiled, "so you trust Damien blindly," she asked and it was then Debbi understood what she meant, 'Mrs Parker!' Debbi yelled in her head as everyone's attention drifted back to the tv

"What is going on Damien?" Aimee needed an explanation only and not an excuse.