“Where are you off to in such a hurry, mister?” “I, uh, I, uh…I, uh…” “You, uh, uh, uh, what?” Mam mocked, hands on her hips. “You were sneaking off to the treehouse with your girlfriend, that’s what you were uh, uh, uh doing.” Sadhbh, who was sitting at the kitchen table, burst out laughing, and my face flooded with heat. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Mam rolled her eyes. “Lie better, son.”
