I let out a deep breath and looked up. "What is it, Mother?"

She narrowed her eyes. "What have you been up to?"

"What are you talking about?"

She slapped her hands on my desk. "You know damn well what I'm talking about!"

I shrugged, unfazed. "I haven't the slightest idea what you are talking about."

"Do not attempt to play coy with me," she said as she stepped around my desk. "You've been with her, haven't you?"

I looked directly into her ...