Chapter 16. Addicted

It was not until a couple of hours later after I leave her place, I realized that there was still a nagging feeling like something was not right. But I couldn't tell what it was.

I decided to text her once I arrived back at mom's. I was thinking of heading back to the beach house later but decided to postpone it until tomorrow morning.

"Allen? I thought that was you..." mom greeted me from the kitchen. She looked tired, she always likes to keep herself busy. But sometimes not knowing her limit.

"Mom...you should rest, you looked tired." I hugged her warmly. Though she can be such a demanding mom, I still love her unconditionally. With the kind of past Winston and us have together, it's the struggles that made us a really strong-knit family.

"Well son, thank you...and you don't look too hot yourself. Want to chat? I just made a pot of coffee."

We sit down for coffee, then I told her about meeting Myra today. And I didn't know why, but I also told her