Chapter 21

“Are you sure you’re going to be okay sweetie?” mom asked with a frown on her face. I nodded to her and swallowed painfully. “Yeah mom don’t worry about me. This is just a silly cold. After I rest for a day, it will be gone like the wind.”

She grabbed the comforter and settled it near my chin. “I can always cancel Dulce.”

I shook my head and stopped immediately. The whole room spun. I shouldn’t have done that. “You can’t cancel on work mom. You told...