The first two weeks went by smoothly. It was silent and serene. Carlos didn’t come over and Arielle figured that there was nothing to be worried about but she was wrong. By the third week, Carlos came by to get the answers to the questions he had asked three weeks ago. She walked in from school and found her mom crying in the living room. She knew that her mom was an emotional person and she found comfort in her tears but she was fine this morning and that bothered Arielle. “What is wrong, mom?” she asked her mom. “Oh, sweetheart. I didn’t hear you come in. it is nothing. I just had such a terrible day. I have been trying to reach out to your brother and I haven’t gotten a feedback from him. It breaks my heart, not knowing if he is alive or not, if he is doing okay or not. I am just worried about him, that’s all” she said to her. Arielle knew that her mother wasn’t telling her everything but she didn’t want to push it either. She knew that her mother was worried about Alexander, de
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