"Can't sleep?" I asked Dad when I saw him sitting on the couch all alone.
Mom had gone out to meet her brother and my uncle— Silas. She said it's been very long since she last saw her brother. I couldn't have agreed more. Even I missed him. He always used to buy me ice creams as a child when Mom used to refuse. He always bought gifts for me whenever we met. He loved me so much.
He shook his head, placing his phone down and I went to the kitchen, keeping the pan on the stove as I started to heat the milk. I was making hot chocolate. It's been quite some time I had had hot chocolate.
"I am not very used to your Mom leaving me alone at nights. So, the room was kind of getting lonely, so I came out to sit in the hall. What about you? It's two in the morning. Don't you have work tomorrow?
