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Nik’s mom assured us that everything was closed and said she’d sleep with Akari in her bed tonight. I was glad, and I told her that I was also coming back the night after.
She was surprised to hear that and tried to assure me that she’d keep Akari safe, thinking what had happened was the reason for my cutting the trip short, but I assured her it wasn’t.
I told her I had already decided that I couldn’t spend Christmas without my son. “Plus, my family has seen me now. They know I’m alive,” I added with a sheepish grin, and she smiled, but I could still see she was worried.
She took Akari, and we ended the call after I spoke with him, telling him to sleep and stop playing with strange wolves. He just laughed the moment he saw my face, and my face crumpled. I missed him so much. This
