Bestfriends Shouldn’t Know How You Taste

Chapter 40

I opened the door slowly, anxiety crawling in my  stomach. The house is oddly quiet which was  weird.

There should be shouts of anger from dad towards  Arden. Telling him that what he had done was  wrong and uncalled for. But there isn’t. It’s just  silent.

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I shut the door with a soft thud and readjusted the  bag strap. Ryan had just dropped me off a few  seconds ago.

But someone was missing and that was Arden. It  led me to believe that he hadn’t gotten off the  hook this time and he was probably at home.

I looked around the entire school for him with the  help of Blake and a worried Rosalie. But we hadn’t  seen him and could not get in touch since he  wasn’t picking up his phone.

Liam hadn’t been at school today because of  suffering a broken ankle last night so there was no  way he’d know where Arden was.

In Rosalie words ‘the doofus tried to skate but  ended up falling down on his ankle’. I promise to  visit him when I got the chance.

After all he’s like a little brother and it would be  nice to see Roro again and uncle Luke who forbade  me to call him Lukey.

As I walk closer to the kitchen I could hear the  faint sound of metal hitting metal. It’s a very  unpleasant sound and as I near the doorway I  could see mom frantically scraping a pan off of  macaroni and cheese. Her hair is knotted as it falls  over her shoulders.

She looked dazed and worried as she harshly  scraped the pan. It was like she hadn’t notice my  presence.

I chew on my lower lip and walk into the kitchen  until I was opposite to her, a few feet away, only  separated by the kitchen counter.

“Mom.” I say softly watching her tuck a tendril  behind her ear and go back to scraping.

eyes identical to mine are focused at her  task which was from what I could tell

stops and her head slowly  comes up. Her green eyes dotted with concern as  she stares at me.

honey, I didn’t hear when you came in.” She  forces out a

I understand why she was so  worried because the next thing I

the counter and run over to her  side. “What’s wrong mom?” I ask as I pulled her  into my

principal called me today. Arden got into  another fight.” She sniffles and breaks from

She says so lowly that I thought

finally sinks in I feel my face turn white as  a ghost. I’m at a loss for words, not expecting that  kind of news. Sure Arden got suspended multiple  times but I guess this one did

where’s Arden?” I asked

 should come pick him up, so I did.”

of the counter in a tight grip  and

turn to me. “Am I a bad mom? Did I fail  him somehow? I-” Her voice cracks

at her words. A bad  mom? Fail him? I shook my

may not think  it now but Arden looks up to you and dad, he loves  you with everything

I could  feel the tension leave her body. “You’ll let me

right? You’ll

stunned me to a point that I  couldn’t properly think. I feel

thought she was a bad mom because  Arden and I never seek her or dad’s guidance.  Instead we gobble down our emotions and our  secrets until it’s too

bad parents,  they are the best. It’s us who chose to keep things  away from them because in

I settle for

with guilt.  Might as well drink an entire bottle of lies. I’m sure

I question, wanting

and smiles sadly. “He’s really worried  and mad. Not at Arden but the situation. He should  be home any

the sentence before  we hear the door being burst open. It hits the wall  with an ear