A Daring Brother

"Happy birthday, mom," Ergon said, embracing his mom tightly. Noah stood by the shed watching him.

"Welcome home son, I'm so happy to see you," Shiella said with a smile on her face.

"But what is this on your tongue?" their mother asked while staring at Ergon weirdly.

"That's a tongue piercing."

"But isn't that painful, son?"

"Of course not mom, it doesn't hurt at all. Don't I look pretty in it?"

"Huh...." Their mom trailed off, obviously, she was stunned and didn't know what to say to him at that point.

"What happened to your eyes? Didn't you sleep at all?"

"Cone on mom, why would you say that?" I slept alright okay, promise. Maybe you aren't seeing my eyes clearly since it's been a long time you saw me," Ergon defended himself.

Noah just couldn't stand the lies that Ergon was spouting. If Valeria was truly in his hands, he couldn't begin to imagine what she might be going through. He was sure that Ergon was doing everything possible to make life difficult for Valeria, and that t