153. Side Story 17: Alan's acceptance

That night he tried to sleep, but sleep kept eluding him. For some reason, he kept on thinking of his late biological mother. He thought about her until he ended up called Emily, "Alan? Alan are you alright? It's 2:am in the morning, are you alright? Is something wrong?" she asked and when Alan didn't respond for a while, she began to panic. Alan could hear Frederick's voice form the other end of the phone asking what was wrong and Emily explaining to him what was going on.

"Mom," He finally spoke.

"Yes, baby." Emily let out a sigh of half relief. "Lord have mercy, you're scaring me. What's wrong?"

"Mom, I—"

"Talk to me Alan, you're scaring me. Do you want us to come over?"

"I think Duke and Rey are right."

"Duke? And Rey? What are you talking about honey? I don't understand."

"I think I won't be able to let her go. Do you think I'm being selfish?"

"Who are you talking about? Who's, her?"