99. Lillian

" Joey, come on. Please stop crying. You've got to be strong for your godmother" I called gently to my son who was crying silently on his bed as I stood in his doorway. " But mom, I'm missing Nora and Nadia so much. I don't know what's going on with them. And who the fuck is Deborah? I so hate her" He screamed at me as he turned to watch me from the doorway trying to dab at his now teary eyes. I strolled to pull him close as I let him sobbed on my shoulder, ignoring him using the swear word. Any other day, I would have scolded him but today, I decided to let him be since he was hurting so badly. " It's okay son, momma understands. I promise we'll find them soon but please you've got to be strong for them. You know Nora and Nadia wouldn't like to see you like this" I told him pointing to his now lean body since he has been wasting his meals these past few weeks. " I'm sorry, mom" He apologized to me as he turned to force a smile on his