Chapter 45 - Emotions

“How are you feeling?” I ask Leo when we leave Mina and Jon’s school. He’s been quiet since I picked him up from his house this morning. He said hi when he got into the car with Mina and Jon and that was it. I don’t blame him he’s going through a lot. He sent me a text last night explaining what got him so messed up yesterday.  I’m still recovering from the shock.

His mother is back.

He explained that seeing her took him by so much surprise that he broke down.

We’ve never really talked about that part of his life; he’s mentioned her maybe twice. He never talked about her in depth and I never asked because I didn’t want to overstep. I was waiting for him to talk about it if ever did but it’s not something I was pressed to know about. But now he didn’t really have a choice but to talk about her. His mother forced his hand by showing up the way she did. I didn’t feel li