What have she done?

Marlani’s Pov

“I know, give him a chance, he will come around, I promise.” I said to Eggust's dad who was on the phone complaining about Eggust’s attitude recently.

I tried to make him calm down, but when Sylvester was upset, only Sylvester could make himself calm.

After he hung up the call, I tried to reach Eggust, but I still couldn’t. It hit the voicemail as it had been doing for the last few weeks.

Something was up with Eggust, I could tell. As a mother, I knew it wasn’t something trivial. If Juss was here, maybe she would have helped talk some sense into him.

He always listened to her, sometimes, more than he listened to me.

I tried calling her as well, but her number was not reachable. I realized she had changed her line.

“Damn you both, Juss and Eggust!”

I couldn’t understand why the two most important people in my life suddenly decided to go awol, leaving me to worry about them.

I wasn’t worried about Eggust as much as I was Juss, be