He gently poked her cheek, thinking his finger would pass through, but instead, her cheek dipped and the smooth soft texture of her face made his heart race. 1

Is this real? Is my mum really back?!

He touched her nose and then played with her eyelashes. When he saw her eyes moving, Valen chuckled but didn’t stop. He continued to play with her face before an idea struck him.

He got down from the bed and hurried to his wardrobe where his school bag was. He brought out a marker and hurried back to the bed.

Valen uncapped the marker and started drawing on his mother’s face with soft laughter now and then.

Once he was done, he kept the marker on the top of the drawer beside the bed before he wrapped his hand around her and went to sleep again.

A few hours later, Jeslyn awakens to the delicious aroma of coffee.

“Mum, you’re awake.”

Jeslyn sat up and looked around, her son had brought her breakfast and was arranging them on the table with his uniform on.

“Son?” She’s finally home, back to her comfort zone.

“I made you something to eat. This is one of the dishes I learnt in your absence. I hope you like it.” The boy tried not to smile. He was quite nervous that his mother wouldn’t find the food to her taste.

When Jeslyn heard that, she was stunned. “You learned how to cook? And this is for me?”

don’t cry, your eyes are gathering mist.” The drawings on his mother’s

“Hahaha…that’s my son!”

a white tray were two toasts with two cloud eggs arranged beside each other. A cup of black coffee sitting by the side. Strawberries, berries, and diced bananas arranged beautifully inside a

This is

The boy urged, feeling

tastes delicious!” With the other hand, she picked the toast and took a bite. It was nothing special. She knew

exaggerate, else her son would be discouraged, so she gave him a thumbs up. “The toast is nothing special…However,”

Without a doubt, his mom cooks better than the Chefs in the house. If she said his egg tasted better than her last one, does that not imply that he is doing

me.” She pulled him to take a seat. Valen didn’t eat the toast

what happened

had to jump from an eight story building.

of walking

take a look at her

City, they used to talk on the phone and she’d tell him a little of what she was

wouldn’t have known what to do with his face in sight.” Jeslyn’s hold on the coffee cup tightened as

on the back of his mother’s hand and said, “Don’t

looked at her son and her anger died down. “You’ve grown taller. How is school? The last

special. Just the regular boring

tell me about the

her face. “Just don’t give me a sister

girlfriend?” Jeslyn

become a monk.”

the air!” Jeslyn laughed boisterously

excited she was, Valen didn’t want to stop that happiness. His father told him to take care of her, so if making fun of him would make her this happy, he’d gladly let her continue, but truth be told, the sight

school yesterday, Valen didn’t know when a

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