Chapter 54: Fomalhaut

Tessa

A soft knock on the door made me spring out of bed, I was awake already with a slight headache after hours of sipping wine. I didn't even remember walking into my room and tucking under my sheets. It was one advantage of having fun with my brothers and not strangers because I could imagine what strangers were capable of especially with a wasted damsel like me.

It was also one of those days I looked in the mirror and smiled at my own beauty before washing my face. I emerged and donned in my gym clothes, tied my hair into a pony and slid into a pair of sports shoes. Behind the door was my wicked mother that I had decided to love the way she was so I surprised her with an early morning hug....what was it, two three months since we last hugged each other? She seemed lost like a non-hugger. Took her time to hug me back.

"Are you okay kiddo?" She asked sounding uneasy you could tell from her constantly clearing her throat.

"Yeah am fine, just wanted to feel like this