Vanessa
The phone feels heavy in my hand, heavier than usual. As if that simple call were harder than it should be.
Is it really this hard?
I took a deep breath and looked at the screen. My mother's name is there. I just have to press it. That's all.
"Mom…" I whispered, as if I were already talking to her. "I'll come back… I'm going to come back…"
I took another deep breath and closed my eyes with difficulty.
This is the right decision, to come back. This is what you have to do.
Damn it!
Go get your life in order, Vanessa, you have to get out of this… that's what I keep repeating to myself.
Leave it all behind… Everything.
I squeezed the phone a little harder, my finger nearing the contact… And then… The screen lit up.
My eyes looked down and what I saw was… A notification, the
