Ch17: New dad

After exactly one hour, I walked downstairs, my heart beating fast. Recently, mom had stopped talking to me completely, so I did not need to inform anyone that I was leaving.

I found Dave waiting outside the gate, leaning against his car, his hands in his pockets. “Did you wait for long?“ I asked as he pulled me into a hug.

“Nope, I just arrived,” Dave replied. He released me and opened the door for me. And looking at his face, I could tell that something was bothering him.

Since he had said that he was fine earlier, I did not ask him again. I did not want to bother him too much. I knew if there was something he wanted me to know, then he would willingly tell me.

“Mia,” he called abruptly as he started the car, and looked up at him. There was a certain urgency in his voice that I could not ignore.

He was silent again for a while, his gaze focused on the road that I almost thought I was hallucinating, that he had not called my name at all.

However, after a few seconds, he looked at me