Chapter 99 : Hug me

Samuel

Meanwhile, I realize Mom is standing a few yards away, next to the entrance, smiling at us. I look down. As though a lump is stuck inside of my throat, I find it hard to swallow. Mom comes towards us and sits next to me.

She says nothing, just spending the next few minutes caressing my hair and cheeks. And throughout the moment, I can't make myself look at her.

"I couldn't even ask you how you have been doing. It didn't seem right that moment", she says as I nod.

"You did right", I mutter.

"Where have you been?" she exclaims, still caressing my hair.

"Not anywhere to be specific", I stutter, clasping my hands together.

"We had been trying to locate you for the last three weeks", Dad says.

"I didn't want to be anywhere you all could find me. I was travelling in subways", my voice is stern.

"For three weeks?" Mom blurts out in disbelief.

I nod. "A few days ago, I landed in Boston. Then I had to use my card in the lodge. Eric tried to find it out"

"We stopped tracking your c