Bridging the Distance

Chapter 148: Mother and Son Reunion

Leo's POV

She took out her phone. It was the small one, the personal one, not the house phone that she used whenever she was working here. She looked at me steadily. "Are you ready?"

I thought about being ready.

I thought about all the things I'd been carrying since the hospital. The day Mom had come and I'd said the things I'd said to her, the things I'd