The next evening, Tori and her mother gave me a lift back to my house. It's her first gynaecologist appointment tonight, but she promises to come over in the morning. She held out my phone and informed me that she had it with her the whole time since yesterday, but I must plug it in to charge, for the battery had died.
"Thank you." I smile a little before their car pulls out of the driveway.
The facade of the house heaps strange chills on me. Thankfully a cab stopped by before I could step into the house and Marina approaches, with mom's luggage and a basket, which I am sure held leftovers from what she made for the rest of the family.
"Hey, honey. How are you?" She worriedly frowned. My words were in my throat, I only hugged her.
She drops everything she was carrying and rubs my ba
