When I finally managed to reach home it was about noon, I unlocked the front door and went straight for my mom’s office. It was the only room on the main floor other than a guest bathroom, I stop in front of it and hold my breath. I reached for the doorknob and twisted; the door opened. Usually mom leaves this locked, it’s it's her work office and we kids were never allowed in here.
I looked around the room noticing her desk pushed up against a wall and her laptop sitting there with the lid closed. She had two gray file cabinets next to her desk and a small bookshelf filled with binders pushed against the opposite wall from her desk.
I slowly walked over to her desk, I placed my hand on her laptop and looked at her walls. They were filled with pictures of us kids and dad ranging from w
