"Well that's a relief." What his definition of 'too' late was in this instance, Audra couldn't claim to know. If he'd arrived just after she'd fallen asleep she supposed it wasn't hideously late but she thought she would've heard something if she'd only been in the lighter stages of sleep. That didn't mean it was impossible though, whenever he had come home she was sure he would've been very conscious of trying not to wake anyone by being too loud. He really was a good boy.
She'd purposely allowed for a lull in the 'conversation' (it was a bit premature to call it that) so she could gently ease in to the question without sounding overly confrontational, she even tried to seem vaguely distracted by her breakfast. "What were you up to last night? Something fun I hope?" She immediately had mixed feelings about the use of the word 'fun', she hadn't meant anything sordid by it but the alternative was something more childish and hopefully neither were appropriate. Certainly the former wasn't appropriate for mother's ears.
She'd purposely allowed for a lull in the 'conversation' (it was a bit premature to call it that) so she could gently ease in to the question without sounding overly confrontational, she even tried to seem vaguely distracted by her breakfast. "What were you up to last night? Something fun I hope?" She immediately had mixed feelings about the use of the word 'fun', she hadn't meant anything sordid by it but the alternative was something more childish and hopefully neither were appropriate. Certainly the former wasn't appropriate for mother's ears.
