Eliana asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Your mom just called me and told me to come to your house tonight. Otherwise, she said I should stop bothering Mark. Eli, I’m really scared of your mom. Do you think I should go? I’m afraid that if I do, she won’t like me.”

Eliana raised an eyebrow. “So she’s asking you to meet the parents?”

“Who knows what your mom is planning?”

“What did Mark say?”

“He wants me to ...