Chapter 255 Too Late

TESSARA

"Mommy will call you later, okay?" I murmured into the phone, and Callisa's small, disappointed noise was the last thing I heard. I ended the call abruptly, an apology lodged in my throat that never made its way out. I set the phone down, hands trembling slightly. The moment the screen went black, I felt the weight of their gazes pressing in once again.

I absently poked a piece of bread,