“Rey, I have been trying to call you!”
“Yes, I saw that. I am sorry for missing your calls. Have you spoken with mom?”
“Boy have I. And dad too. They hate me! And I blame you!” Toria said passionately.
“I am so sorry about this, Toria. Is mom fine? She was very upset with me,” she said.
“She still is. And with me too. She is so disappointed that none of us thought of telling them.”
“Oh, Toria. I am so sorry. You could have just told them you were unaware too, you know. At least, they would only have been mad at me.”
“Oh, I was tempted to,” Toria said instantly. Then she sighed “But then, I couldn’t. As crazy as I thought the idea was, and I still think it is crazy, mind you. I understand why you did it. And like it or not, I was there, so I couldn’t just throw you under the bus like that. I guess now they would just disown the two of us together. Great!”
Reyona let out a short laugh at the sound of Toria’s bemoaning tone.