He goes out the window.

The longer Ed stayed in the house the greater chance of his mom figuring out he was there. His mind made up, Ed open the bedroom window as quietly as he could and lowered himself down. He was tall enough that after extending his arms all the way, he was only a few feet off the ground. Taking in a deep breath he let go of the windowsill and let himself drop.

Ed hit the ground with a thud just managing to stifle a yelp from the impact. He was not however able to suppress a coughing fit from the dirt his landing kicked up. Ed took a moment to gather himself before picking himself up and starting his trek home. He started by sneaking to the side of Mason's house and checked that there was no one in sight, then sprinted across the cul de sac as he angled his run to attempt to be obscured from as many eyes as possible. He ran to the side of Preeti's house and tried to go through the garden gate but it was locked so he climbed over the fence before hopping the fence landing in his own yard with a sigh of relief.

Taking another breath, Ed opened the unlocked door and peeked his head through, the coast was clear. He carefully closed the door after him and tip toed towards the stairs to his bedroom, as he passed the door to the living room a voice spoke to him.

"You must be Ed, I'm Shauna" stated a thin girl with skin the color of caramel and dark, frizzy hair. She looked young, about his age and so thin that her denim shorts struggled to stay up on her waif like frame, she had small pert breasts concealed by a white camisole with the hint of dark nipples poking through and a taut stomach on display revealing a pierced belly button. Shauna held out her hand and Ed stared at it.

Ed took her hand and flashed what he hoped was a friendly smile. "Pleased to meet you Shauna. What brings you here?"

"I'm spending the weekend with my dad." Ed's face must've shown how little that cleared his confusion "Idris?" she offered before adopting a look of realization "He didn't mention me did he?" Her tone implied she already knew the answer.

"Sorry." Ed replied awkwardly rubbing the back of his head. "Must've slipped his mind."

"Figures. After all, I'm just one of his bastard daughters who gets in the way of my dad's fun" Shauna commented sadly with a shrug.

Ed stood dumbly, unsure how to reply to her brutal honesty.

The silence dragged on a bit before Shauna began to look Ed up and down. "Uh you alright?" she asked suddenly "You look tired and your clothes are all dirty."

"Oh, i went out for a jog and on my way back, i fell into one of the neighbors garden." Ed hoped that sounded as believable to her as it did in his head.

Thankfully she just hmm'd and said "Well i hope for your sake it wasn't that Nikki ladies yard cause dad says she's a real hard-ass."

"Oh, did he now?" Ed sensed a story behind that.

"Yep." Shauna replied "Or more specifically" she paused to clear her throat before continuing in a deeper voice clearly meant to imitate her father. "Those two stuck up white bitches would rather live a lie than experience a real man. Their lack of appreciation of black cock represents everything that is wrong with this country, that submitting themselves to him for one night he would educate and enlighten them to bring their minds and bodies into the 21st century by worshiping his mighty phallus." She finished gesturing dramatically to her crotch.

Ed burst out laughing at the image of Idris ranting and raving about a woman not wanting his dick. "Let me guess" Ed began between gasps for air. "He tried to hit on her and she turned him down flat?"

Now it was Shauna's turn to breakout in laughter. "got it one, he went over to her house one night butt naked and knocked on the door while her husband was away. He thought one look at him in all his glory and she'd drop to knees."

"I'm guessing that's not how it worked out?" Ed encouraged.

"She started screaming and ran to get a gun, he had to pretend he'd been sleep walking!" Shauna bent over with laughter as she mocked her dad. "The commotion was so loud that your mom got woken up and had to spend all night convincing Nikki not to press charges. From what dad told me Nikki's a tough woman who doesn't seem to type to let a neighbor trespass on her yard. and her daughter doesn't seem much better!"

"Well luckily for me she was inside and didn't see me ruining her flowers." Ed said in disbelief his mom would fall for such a ridiculous lie. "Well it was nice meeting you but i should really go change into some clean clothes"

"Nice meeting you too Ed. You're nothing like dad said you were."

Deciding to take that as a compliment, Ed started to head upstairs before Shauna spoke up again. "Ed?" he halfway turned back towards the living room "Next time you want to go for a jog, maybe invite me? I wouldn't mind keeping you company." She said with a flirty grin.

Ed replied with a grin and headed to his room.