Home for the Holidays, Boy Notices His Mother Missing and Old Groceries in the Fridge — Story of the Day
A boy returns home from his university during the holidays only to find the house in a state of disarray, the fridge full of expired, old groceries, and his mother to be missing…
“Are you serious, mom? You just called me because you wanted to ask if I had breakfast?! Look, mom, I’m no kid, okay. You need to stop acting like that!” Thomas snapped at his mother Alexis when she called him one morning.
“But, honey, all I wanted to know was how your health was. You know, this is the first time I’ve sent you this far, and I’m a little concerned. That’s all, honey.”
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“Please, mom,” retorted Thomas. “Aren’t you sick of bothering me like this every day? I have a class at ten o’clock, so I’m leaving. Also, stop calling me every day! Goodbye!”
“But Thomas, listen…I just wanted to ask if you’d be home for the holidays. I was planning on making all your favorite dishes…Hello, Thomas? Are you there, honey? Hello?”
Unfortunately, the call had already been disconnected. This was the fourth time Thomas had abruptly hung up the phone that month.
After finishing high school, Thomas insisted that he wanted to study in New York. Alexis was concerned when Thomas declared his intention to attend a university outside of their hometown because she knew her budget would not allow it and also because she feared sending Thomas away.
Since Alexis’s husband abandoned her, Thomas had been the only person she could rely on. However, she gave way to her son’s request to study in a different state, even though she was adamantly opposed to it because she loved him a lot.
When Thomas first moved to his university dorm, everything was fine for the first few months. He called Alexis every weekend, regularly asked about her health, and to be precise, he was actually a mama’s boy. However, everything had changed drastically a few months later.
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When Alexis called Thomas, he never returned her calls and instead left her a message saying he was busy and would call her later. But, eventually, even that stopped, and it was just hurried conversations that Thomas never bothered to finish.
However, one morning, as Alexis was about to leave for work, Thomas called her.
Alexis couldn’t believe her eyes when his name flashed across her screen! She was overjoyed when she answered the phone, but as...