I don't want to know.

Well, I do, but I don't, and I recognize that name, and if I didn't, well,

I wouldn't have to worry, but I did, and I do, and it bothers me,

And I'll bet she's going to have a fit when I ask her about this, but

I doubt she'd tell her mother, and she's less likely to tell me, but then,

Like she's said before, I'm "such a cop", but I'm also her parent,

And I don't want to know, but I do.

And I don't say anything to Liv, either. I just go.

But I know that she knows that something's off, because she went and gave me

That look, while I was leaving, the one that tells me that she knows

Exactly what I'm doing, even if she really doesn't.

And she doesn't. Not this time, and I probably won't tell her, because

It's one of those things that she doesn't need to be in on,

And she probably knows that, too.

I've been to this high school way more times than I care to count,

Mostly because I went there myself, partly because my older two have gone through

And are currently going through, and apparently,

Boys and makeup and popularity are as much of an issue for the two of them now,

As they were in middle school, but at least then, it was just a crush and no one really

Acted on anything, either because they were too afraid, or too shy

Or just careful, like they should be.

Her friends are the first to see me, and they point me out, because

She's used to seeing cops, and usually ignores them unless they're

Specifically talking to her, which is almost funny, in a weird sort of way,

But she knows better than to ignore me, so she doesn't, and I ask her about this kid, and

About what she might've done with him, and predictably, she tells me that it's

"None of my business", though not exactly in those words.

And I know she knows I'm worried about something when I push the issue, anyway.

So she answers, more to get me off her back than anything else,

Which is a relief this time, but other times, I'd just get annoyed, but now, I'm not

Because this answer means that my little girl is safe, for now.

He broke up with her, because she wouldn't.

I wonder what this is supposed to tell me, and decide that I really don't want to know, because

If that's all he was looking for, anyway, he doesn't deserve her.

And I hope she knows that, even if I don't say anything.