Chapter 44

Summer POV

“What are you doing here?” I asked.

I was on the verge of fainting. I hadn’t seen this woman in months. Her pale blue eyes and golden blonde curls caught me off guard. Her stern stare levelled me like it did when I was younger. I was a grown ass woman, she couldn’t intimidate me anymore, but here I was practically shaking.

She threw her head back and laughed. “Me? You’ve gotten into a lot of shit, Summer.”

“Everything is fine,” I whispered. I didn’t believe myself.

“Worse off, you dragged your sister into this mess!”

“Estelle’s fine,” I said.

During the interaction with my Mom, I felt Ezra’s dominant presence behind me.

“Why are you here? I haven’t heard from you in months,” I said firmly.

She exhaled deeply dug into her favourite brown bag, and yanked out a piece of crumpled paper. Ezra snatched it before I could.

“What the hell is this?” Ezra's deep, stern tone sent shivers up my spine.

“What?