ALYSSA
"I can't believe you would do this! We are supposed to be a family, and yet you went behind my back and went to see them," I hissed into the phone that evening, pacing the smooth wooden floor of the kitchen.
Zaiden looked up from where he was typing something at the kitchen island and frowned.
"Mum, I'm sorry, but I knew you wouldn't have let me if I asked you. And I'm an adult. I don't need permission from you to go see people."
My fingers tightened around the phone, "You make it sound like I'm trying to stop you from going across the street to see your friends. You took a plane to go see the people who wanted nothing to do with either of us."
"They do now," he pointed out.
"It's too late for that."
He sighed, "Whatever. I'm here now, and there's nothing either of us can
