Chapter 121

"Well, you still have enough time to make up for your absence. If indeed, you are truly sorry" His mother looked at him, not sure what he was insinuating. "I am asking you to be my mother." He spoke. "I d love to but haven t I lost the right to that so…" She said cutting herself off before she could pronounce the word son. Michael remembered telling her during his first visit that she hadn t earned the right to call him son, perhaps the reason why she had checked herself and stopped from calling him son. "Then you should start by calling me son, mother," he said, calling her mother for the first time. He watched her struggle to keep the tears away from her eyes, but she didn t succeed. Soon she gave in to the torrent of tears, allowing it to flow freely. "Here," he said, offering her his handkerchief. After she had wiped off her tears and calmed a little, Michael placed a hand on her shoulder and told her to fo