Chapter 37

KEEP AN EYE ON Can I just catch a break!? Mom is nowhere to be found? I can’t understand how to even respond to that. Neil and Naomi purposely stayed with Brittany in this situation for her to have them around not to feel lonely, and here we are, she managed to escape from her own daughter. There is no doubt where she could have gone. It obviously has to be somewhere with her past lover and now boyfriend, William. This family will not let me leave in peace. One thing after the other keeps coming up right before the prior thing settles down. Unmanageable situations trigger my anxiety. Because Naomi is on call, I am expected to reply to her, so I say, “Need not worry, she is an adult. She must have gone for something important. I am sure she will be back.” I called to tell her about George’s assignment and to settle on a plan of action for mom and dad, but now I choose not to bring that up until mom is found or comes back, whatever she has in mind. Come on, she is such a grown-up to snea