Jasmine POV
Selene still hasn't responded to me and I am trying my hardest not to think about it. Carlos, Petra, and Brennan still need the time to organize everything before we leave anyway. I just have to hope that she will respond soon because I cannot comfortably leave here and meet Carter's mother before speaking to her.
I am kicking myself for never asking Carter about her. It felt so stupid, like a gaping hole in our story that I can't fill because I never freaking asked. It was such a sore subject for me, I still missed my mom so fiercely, I very rarely wanted to revisit that still festering wound. I loved Carter for not pushing that topic, but I realized that I have been assuming this entire time that he felt that same way about his mother and I have no idea if that was truly t
