Third Person's POV
"Alright, alright. You're acting like the police will just arrest your mom just because Luna Seraphina said so. The cops don't just arrest people for fun. Did your mom actually do something illegal?" Whenever Humphrey's scalp tingled, he felt like his brain had just leveled up.
On the other end of the line, Vivian was completely choked by Humphrey's breezy, point-blank interrogation. "I..."
"Humph, do you not believe me?"
"Look at you, dodging the question and changing the subject. That means there's definitely a problem. If I go bother Mortimer for you right now, aren't you just throwing me under the bus? Are you trying to get me screamed at?"
Vivian went dead silent.
"I'm hanging up," Humphrey said. Without waiting for Vivian to say another word, he decisively ta
