Chapter 79

Maxwell

"Raya" I said the minute I saw her, dressed in a loose shirt and shorts and her son was beside her.

"Good morning Mr. Sterling"

I didn't like the tone of her voice. If anything, it sounded sarcastic.

"Are you okay?" I asked, unsure of what to say considering my actions lately, and I carried Kyle who came to greet me,

"Uncle Max!"

"Hey buddy, how have you been?"

"Good"

"And your mom?" Since she wasn't answering me.

He shrugged.

"How soon can we go back to our lives?" She asked, going to the kitchen island and I placed Kyle on a stool by the surface.

"As soon as things die down"

It was obvious she had seen the statement, but in my defense, I was not the one who had written it.

I had just woken up to the statement on the internet this morning and had rushed over immediately to discuss it with her, but unfortunately, she had seen it first and obviously didn't want anything to do with me now.

"And when will that be? Kyle has to go to school and I... I can't just stay around doing