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Filling Her In

Blake

The waiter brought our drinks. I ordered a seafood platter that I thought Aston might like, then waited for him to leave the room before I fessed up. “When I got to the hospital, my mother was there.”

Aston’s eyes widened, her chin dropping to her chest. “Your mom?”

I nodded. “Remember the woman I told you about, the one I said I saw arriving at the hospital when I left?”

“That was your mom?” She sounded nearly as surprised as I had been.

“Yeah, crazy huh?” I was still processing her sudden reappearance in my life. Talking to Aston about it felt like a good place to start.

“So she was still there after you got back from your trip?” She asked the question gently while taking a sip of her wine. Her eyes never left mine.

“The doctor told me she hadn’t left my dad’s side since she arrived. Apparently, she’s even showering at the hospital.”

Aston’s brows rose. “That doesn’t sound like someone who would just walk out on their family.”

“My thoughts exactly, but she claims she’s
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