Chapter 155: A burden

My phone was ringing in my lap. I wiped the tears from under my eyes and removed my jacket, placing it in the passenger seat of my car. I picked up, "Hi mom." "TELL ME WHY THERE IS A PADLOCK ON OUR FRONT DOOR?!" I forgot about that. "Because someone broke into our house and we have no lock on our-" "WHERE'S THE KEY?!" I extended my arm so my phone was at a further distance to my ear, "I have it-" "SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENTER OUR OWN HOME?! DOZ AND I ARE STANDING OUT HERE LIKE IDI*TS!" "I'm coming back now. I'll be there in twenty min-" "TWENTY MINUTES?! WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR YOU! YOU BETTER BE HOME BY THE TIME WE COME BACK FROM DINNER!" she yelled, until her voice changed tone and I guessed she was talking to Doz, "She said she'll be here in twenty minutes." The line went dead. I sat in the silence of my car, feeling an emptiness after all that shouti