Chapter 22

"Think of it, this way. Mommy is taking a vacation or a business trip and when it's done she'll come back,"she knelt down on the concrete path outside Seth's school.

She bit her lip trying to sound so tough, wiping the strands of black hair from her son's face. Next to them was James, waiting impatiently for the conversation to end and he would take the kid home per his boss' orders.

"I don't understand, mommy. Why can't I come with you?"

This time she smiled, looked at his eyes and hugged him so tightly that the kid almost choked.

"I love you baby. So much. You know that right?" She held the back of his head before pulling out of the embrace and kissing his forehead.

"And I love you too, mommy. From the moon and back"

And well that was that. She watched as the car drove away and she couldn't help it. She was leaving her baby for the very first time, that too for her selfish reasons. But no, she was not going to run. Her brother