After drinks with the guys, Theo and I went back home... home, more like a prison.
We only lived here because of Mum. We had our own place where we escaped sometimes, but we always came back to this cursed house for her.
"Toby, why are you just getting home?" she asked the moment I walked in. Theo followed right behind me, and she nearly cried for joy.
"Theo! You came around!" she said, almost jumping into his arms.
"Nice to see you love Theo more, even though I live here because of you," I teased.
"You know that’s not true. I’m just surprised he came back without me threatening him," she said, then hugged me too.
"How have you been?" Theo asked. And just like that, the chatterbox that was my mum came alive again as she insisted on making dinner for us.
"I met someone interesting to
