"Oh, pumpkin!" Chelsea held out her arms, new tears pouring from her glimmering eyes. A look of relief flashed over her son's face, as he had something to do, and he immediately stepped forward and wrapped his mother in a fierce embrace. Chelsea wrapped her slender arms around her son and clung to him, shuddering as she began to sob.
Jimmy held his mother for a long time, neither one of them speaking. When they heard Peter walk past the door and down the stairs, they both held their breath until they heard the front door slam.
Chelsea pulled back and wiped her tears, laughing weakly as she looked away from her son.
Jimmy tilted his mom's face up to his. "I love you, Mom... I know this is pretty messed up, but things are going to be okay again. I'll never leave you and our baby."
Chelse
