Chapter 325: No Sense Made
Derek’s mother, and Emily’s mom making pinky promises to one another was so far out of reality that Emily actually had to pinch herself. Just to see if she was imagining things or not. When they had been making their way up the stairs. She had not imagined things going the way that they were currently progressing at all.
Their mothers knew one another.
That was huge.
Derek’s mother had said that they did not know each other’s last names before their current meeting. But the name Cassandra was not a common one. Emily would have remembered if her mom had ever mentioned it. Even if she’d said Cassie, at least once over the years.
Emily was certain that she would recall it. But her mother had never once mentioned having a friend named Cassie or Cassandra. And yet the two of them were behaving as though they were the best of friends. It was as though, they had been through some tough times together, and gotten closer because of it. But what kind of difficult situation could have placed her mom, and Derek’s mother together?
Emily had tried clearing her throat to get their attention at first, but she had been ignored. Luckily for her, Derek’s throat clearing was louder and more assertive, and their moms had finally turned to them. Acknowledging their presence.
" You two know each other?" He asked. And if Emily were not so busy being shocked, she would have kissed him for taking the words right out of her mouth.
A simple yes, we know one another would have been enough, followed up by something like oh, we bumped into each other by accident, or my car broke down and she was the one to help me. But of course, it seemed that their mothers really enjoyed dropping bombshells.After admitting that they knew each other.
They quickly followed up with,