The woman

“Mom! Dad!” The boys called as they walked into the living room to meet Aurora and Arthur sleeping on the couch.

Arthur’s eyes slowly opened as their voices filled his ears. He groaned softly as he grabbed his head and slowly looked around.

He furrowed his brows as soon as he saw that his head was on Aurora’s chest. Without thinking twice, he got away from her, and in the process, woke her up.

Aurora moaned as she also opened her eyes. Though she managed to get some sleep, she was still very sleepy. She was up most of the night because Arthur wouldn’t stop throwing up and sulking like a baby.

“Mom!” Ryan called again as they both hurried to meet them. Arthur gulped hard and tried as much as he could to avoid looking at Aurora.

He knew what went down the previous night even though he was drunk, and he also wasn’t ready to talk about it with her.

“We are ready for school!” Riley uttered, showing them his backpack.

“Oh! That’s great. Uncle Theo took care of you?” Aurora asked tire