"Where have you been?" Maria said when Justin walked into the living room at past midnight. She folded her hands across her chest and had a deep frown on her face as she stared at her soon. She couldn't help but feel that he had been keeping things from her. Justin stopped in his tracks and raised both his hands in the air like he had been caught. "I'm sorry, ma'am, I should have called and told you I would be home late. I had a lot of work to do," He lied, and Maria immediately squinted her eyes at him. "Oh, really?" She asked sarcastically. "I called the office a few hours ago and they told me you left at lunch and didn't return"