Chapter 107: Tobias's Return Pt. 2

Vale:

She was concerned, and she had every right to be. Tobias was different; he wasn’t the same one I knew before. Not completely, at least.

He watched my mother closely the entire time that she was there, and when she left, he watched her depart. His eyes lingered on the spot long after she had gone. It was sort of unsettling.

I thought to break the silence, but I didn’t because I wanted Tobias to do it. I wanted to know what was on his mind. It was clear that this was not the same Tobias that I knew over two years ago and half of my life before that. Still, I wanted to know that there was some part of him remaining behind, whatever this darkness was that had clouded over him.

“You know, she’s right,” he finally said to me, his back still facing me as he broke the lull in the conversation.

When I didn’t respond, he turned around and finally faced me with that trademark, charming smile on his face. I still didn’t respond to him because I wasn’t ready to. Not just yet.

“Your mother,