The Breaking Point

Tess

Earlier that evening.

Tess had been leaning against the wall, listening to the children playing. Her phone rang and she frowned. A number she was unfamiliar with popped up on the screen.

She answered.

A woman's voice. Unfamiliar but the woman identified her by name.

'Your mother has been shifted to another facility,' said the voice curtly.

Tess reached out for the wall, shock and disbelief wa