Because of a Girl (2016)
“Driving toward the high school, Jack grappled with atypical bafflement.
Unfortunately, his mother had been at the forefront of his mind since she’d decided to reconnect with the son she had ditched.
He had barely given her a thought in fifteen years or more, until he’d answered his phone three weeks ago to a big surprise. The number wasn’t one he recognized. Given his job, a lot of people had his cell phone number. He hadn’t recognized the area code, either, but these days so many peopl...e kept their same phone numbers when they moved across the country, he hadn’t given that a thought.
Until he heard her voice, feminine and yet...rich. Huskier than it had been when he was a boy. “Jack?” She sounded astonished, even awed. “It’s really you?”
The fine hairs on his body had risen.
He’d heard himself say, “Mom?” even as his belly began to churn.
She had probably practiced the speech she delivered then, about how terribly she’d missed him all these years—all twenty-five of them, he hadn’t been able to help thinking—and she wanted nothing more than to sit down and talk to him.MoreLess
Unfortunately, his mother had been at the forefront of his mind since she’d decided to reconnect with the son she had ditched.
He had barely given her a thought in fifteen years or more, until he’d answered his phone three weeks ago to a big surprise. The number wasn’t one he recognized. Given his job, a lot of people had his cell phone number. He hadn’t recognized the area code, either, but these days so many peopl...e kept their same phone numbers when they moved across the country, he hadn’t given that a thought.
Until he heard her voice, feminine and yet...rich. Huskier than it had been when he was a boy. “Jack?” She sounded astonished, even awed. “It’s really you?”
The fine hairs on his body had risen.
He’d heard himself say, “Mom?” even as his belly began to churn.
She had probably practiced the speech she delivered then, about how terribly she’d missed him all these years—all twenty-five of them, he hadn’t been able to help thinking—and she wanted nothing more than to sit down and talk to him.MoreLess
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