Arriving home from the camp, Emily and Eugene walked into the house, kneeling down before their mother as soon as they approached her. Prudence was seated on one of the chairs at the dining table, constantly looking down at the dark screen of her phone, motionlessly. The children remained silent, patiently waiting for her to speak; and raising her head to look at them, Prudence sighed with disappointment.
"My children are all grown up, aren't they?" Prudence asked her eldest daughter, Julia. "They even ran off from camps without permission".
"It was supposed to be a harmless outing, mother". Eugene hurriedly replied. "Please forgive me. I am the one who took Emily there".
"Eugene...?". Emily was bewildered. She was the one who had run off and caused the problem but, why was Eugene det
