Chapter 12. As a Mother to Me?

POV Adam

“Don’t be like that; I don’t want to see you sad. Everything will work out; it wasn’t your fault. The heat is coming soon, and that clouded your mind, but you’ll see that everything will work out.” Vanessa comforted me, but still, I knew the reality.

“I have to talk to her,” I mumbled, looking toward the door to our room.

“No,” Vanessa stopped me. “Let me talk to her. It will be a woman” to” woman conversation.”

I backed away from the wall and walked to my office, but almost stumbled as my heart ached to hear her answer when my mother knocked on the door.

“Get away from me, Adam!” yelled Megan, and then I knew I was more than screwed.

I grabbed a bottle of Whiskey from the display case near my desk and sat down in my leather recliner. I began the slow, heady journey into misery and regret.<