52

~Xander~

It was good to hear my girl’s voice after a few days. I was caught up in mom’s health, and I totally forgot to call her. Aunt Joey called me from the hospital when this incident happened. Hastily, I drove towards the hospital without thinking.

Raph was not even there to take her to the hospital. He went to New York for our company’s work. Luckily, Zareena reached out to me and helped me a lot during this tough time.

Mom had an elbow operation, and it would take a week before she’d be discharged from the hospital.

I was busy calling Raph and updating him about mom’s condition when I saw Zareena at the front desk.

“Hey, what are you doing here? Mom is alone in her room?”

“Uh, nothing. I was asking about her medicine. Matt and Aoife are here to meet her.”

“They are?”

We walked upstairs when I saw Aoife cupping his face and snuggling her head into Matt’s chest.

I felt a little awkward. I wanted to know the reason for them getting close to each other. While I was trying to figure