Chapter 250

[Cordelia]

I've been on the phone with Crissy Devaroux for the last hour and a half, telling her all about the argument I had with Atlas. I was hoping she'd give me some motherly advice to help me keep connected to him.

Instead, she suggested I give my relationship some space.

"Come home," my mother begged as I held the receiver to my ear. "You have nothing left to keep you there, but you'll always have a place here with me."

"I can't just leave Atlas alone to deal with this...mess," I explain. Atlas has been working so hard with Clark to try to track down our son and bring him home, even without my help. If anything, I'm more of a hindrance. He's so preoccupied with keeping me from falling apart that he can't focus on what is necessary.

The sad thing is, I know who has our son and why. But I can't say anything because if I do, the two people I love most in the world will die.

My best chance at finding out anything is to stay here and hunt for this family safe or vault or whatever th