“No, it’s your Mom,” Darius replied melancholically. His reply took me by surprise as he lost himself in another train of thoughts.

 

“D-Do you know her?” Never had I heard anything about my mom ever since she left. To be precise, I couldn’t get my hands on her whereabouts. It felt as though she had disappeared into thin air.

 

Nathan once said Mom had eloped with another man, but I refused to believe him. I held a grudge against her for leaving me alone when I needed her the most.

she shouldn’t have brought me to into this world. I ended up suffering because of her—being bullied

of the time, I was jealous of Crystal because she had a protective mother—someone would look after her and support her

her during homecoming.” Darius kept his reply short and

huge age gap—his brother was thirteen years older than him. In other words, Darius was merely

when she was twenty years old. Thus, it wouldn’t make any sense for them to be schoolmates. Conscious of the questions I had in mind, he said, “I was part of the academic acceleration program. I admitted into college when I

 

proved me wrong by telling me he was a

confusion, I whispered, “Do you know

to know if he had seen her over the past few years, but I thought that would be inappropriate since they were

 

help, feel

considering he was just a schoolmate of my mother. “Thank you so much for the offer, but that won’t be necessary for the time being. I’ll reach out to you

away from the hall after the dance, Zachary showed up

you from joining others for a dance because you’re way too gorgeous

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