Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 22

Wren read the message but didn't reply.

A moment later, another one came through.

[Leo was asking when you were coming home last night. You even abandoned him on his birthday. Wren, as a mother, you can't be this selfish.]

Wren stared at the screen for a long moment.

Then, she put Eleanor's conversation on Do Not Disturb.

A few seconds later, a call came through from Leo's smartwatch.

She looked at the caller ID and finally answered.

"Mom."

Leo's voice sounded muffled.

Wren's heart gave a soft ache. "Yeah?"

"Grandma said you're coming home for dinner tonight," Leo asked. "Are you coming?"

Wren fell silent.

"Mom has work tonight."

The line went quiet for a second.

Leo whispered, "Are you still mad?"

Wren gripped her phone, looking out the window.

"No."

"But you used to always come home and eat with me," Leo said, his voice laced with grievance. "You even left on my birthday."

Wren closed her eyes.

Used to.

Yes, she used to always go back to them.

No matter how exhausted she was, no matter how terribly they treated her, as long as her son needed her, she would run back.

But she couldn't do that anymore.

She could still love Leo.

But she could no longer completely destroy herself in the process.

"Leo," Wren said softly, "Mom has her own things to do too."

Leo didn't seem to understand.

"But Willow said Mom's most important job is watching me grow up."

Wren suddenly couldn't find the words.

Through the phone, she could faintly hear Willow's voice in the background.

"Leo, don't pressure Mom. She's busy with work."

Such a gentle sentence.

Yet it was perfectly designed to remind the child: Your mother chose her job, not you.

Wren's grip on her phone tightened.

She didn't call it out.

She merely said, "Mom will call you later."

After hanging up, she sat at her desk for a long time.

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