The next morning, I woke up with a big, satisfied smile on my face. It was as if everything would work out as long as I had my mother by my side. A servant of the Goldsteins was already waiting for us when my mother and I walked out of the hotel. “Madam, I was ordered to take you back home.”

 

Refusing to let my mother go, I immediately grabbed her by the hand. “Can’t you live with me?”

 

“I’m a Goldstein now. Of course, I have to stay at the Goldstein residence, silly,” answered my mother with a warm smile as she ran her fingers through my messy hair.

I had acted selfishly, so I loosened my grip. “Can I go visit

be upset that I didn’t go home yesterday night, so

on the couch in the living room was Christopher with a stony expression on his face. It was only after I saw Christopher in person that I remembered I had not contacted the

to the man, but

Mark was after my mother’s disappearing act. After setting up the table, I asked Christopher what he would like for breakfast, but still, he would not talk to me.

 

to feed the man-child with an apologetic smile. “Open up. I know you want some. Come on, don’t be mad at me. I just got a little too excited yesterday, that’s all. I know it was wrong of me to forget to

a random book on the table and

book is upside down,” I reminded the pouting man by pointing at his book cover. After realizing that I was right, Christopher decided to toss the book aside and turned on the TV, continuing to pretend like he could not be bothered with

 

someone special. Heck, I even queued all morning so that that special

Why didn’t you sleep? Doesn’t your mother

up my mouth to stop myself from laughing while Christopher’s face hardened even more. Seeing that, I

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