Chapter 38. Help

"Aaron?" Peggy Hunter called out her son's name. 

The house seemed awfully quiet. Maybe Aaron was sleeping, she thought. She'd been gone for about two hours hoping Kyle and Aaron had sorted out their differences by then. She'd noticed that Kyle's car was no longer parked in the driveway so she knew he'd already left. Peggy also noticed that the light was on in Aaron's bedroom so she tentatively pushed the door open. What she saw broke her heart.

Aaron was sitting on the floor, still in his shirt, with his head in his palm and his body shaking with painful sobs.

"Oh my god, Honey..." Peggy gushed as she rushed to gather her son into her arms. "Shhhh. It's okay, Mummy is here. Don't cry," She crooned.

But the more Peggy rocked and talked to Aaron, the harder he cried. Peggy was furious...furious at Kyle. She'd only left Aaron with Kyle because she thought Kyle would sort out whatever problem there was. But from the look of things, the situation was rather