NATHAN

'Sit down son, can we talk?" She asks, dropping the book she was reading and

removing her glasses to give her a more relaxed and less intimidating look.

' About what?"

'Emily" She says and I'm immediately triggered.

'Mom, not now. I'm in no mood to have this conversation. If that's all you had to talk about, I guess I'm done here". I get up and try to leave as fast as possible before the matter escalates.

But she beat me to it. Immediately, getting ...