Chapter 391. How Did It Get in Here?

LEE

After Tate hung up, I decided to call Mom. I was confident she’d be awake and able to answer since she usually started her day as early as 5 AM. Sometimes, she even beat the sound of Dad’s roosters crowing in the yard.

“Hello, Lee… my daughter… good morning!” Mom greeted me cheerfully as she picked up the call.

Even though it was just an audio call and not a video one, I could vividly picture her smile—the one that made her eyes crinkle into slits. Whenever she woke up, her face would naturally scrunch like she was half-asleep, giving her an almost chinky-eyed look, even though she wasn’t really. It was the kind of expression that could make you wonder if she’d cried the night before, with how puffy her eyes seemed.

“Why are you calling? Are you going to ask about the time-turner again? If I’ve found it yet?”

Well, I couldn’t really blame her for jumping to that conclusion. Her tone carried the weariness of someone who’d heard the same reque