"I wanted to tell you so that it didn't come as a surprise. Because it's better that you know so that I don't have to sneak around." Rose had done that before, on more than one occasion back home. But she hated lying to her father. And with his sensitive senses, he must have realized she was spending time with boys anyway. She grumbled quietly, looking down at the ground and kicking a stone, "Maybe I shouldn't have said anything at all."