“Mom? What’s wrong?” I asked when I found her reaction weird. “Mason is not my boyfriend or anything, if that’s what you are thinking. I can’t even consider him as a friend, although he was nicer than his friends.”

“His friends? What do you mean?” Mom asked, her brows furrowing. “Is it Ash and Haze?”

“Yes… But what, how did you know them?”

“It doesn’t matter, but listen to me. Stay away from him,” Mom warned as he held both my shoulders and looked me in the ...