Chapter 22 Book 2- Chapter 13 After packing a simple bag, I boarded the bus back to my hometown.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter five and a half bumpy hours, I finally arrived home.
"Dad! Mom! I'm back!" Mom cout when she heard my voice, took my luggage, and kept looking behind me.
"Don't look, Ethan didn't come," I said, holding my mom's hand as we went inside.
The house was still the same, a commercial property in the small town, with a shop on the first floor and living quarters on the second.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmMy parents used to work out of town, but two years ago when mom's health declined, they returned to open a small shop, while dad did scarpentry work nearby. "Ava, why are you back alone when it's not a holiday?" mom asked.
"I missed you!" I hugged mom and acted coquettishly.
"You child!" Mom tapped my forehead, "Something must have happened, right?" A mother knows her daughter best, so I didn't plan to hide it:
"Mom, I'll tell you and dad together when he gets back.