Just as I opened my mouth, another voice cut across the air. “Talk to me outside for a minute, baby girl.” I froze there and only moved my eyes over to the man who had reappeared in the same place I had last seen him. I kept my face nice and even. “I’m supposed to stay with Mr. Cooper until Lydia gets back.” That was the truth, and it was believable, wasn’t it? “I can be alone for a minute,” Mr. Cooper threw in the second I finished my argument.
