Chapter Eighteen: The Overflow

Nathan's POV

My mother and I haven't had much of a conversation since she disinherited me. We only greeted each other the day Nickolas vanished. It wasn't even a greeting. It was more like:

"Nathaniel."

"Helena."

She kept her eyes focused far into the distance. She has gotten much older. But she's every bit as difficult. "What?" She asked.

"Can we talk?"

She glared at me. Helena can be a good mom but she can be a bad one too. Any onlooker wouldn't believe she is my mother. She's treating me like a stranger and it hurts. "What about?"

"May I sit?"

"No because you're not staying."

Gio invited her to something he calls 'the overflow'. According to him, he gives away free wine to his neighbors because he has hit his profit margins. "I live here."

"I still don't understand why Gio allowed you to."