Chapter 229: Adam

Adam opened the front door of his mom's house quietly, hoping she was still asleep by some miracle. He'd ended up falling asleep at Kylie's on accident and didn't wake up until her alarm went off this morning. Unfortunately, Kylie got up later than he did, so he was running behind even more than usual, which was saying something.

His mom looked up from the dining room table and without a word, folded up the Franklin Gazette and set it off to the side.

Shit. He'd been caught by his mother, trying to sneak into the house without her noticing, and of course, she'd noticed. He swallowed his groan. He was way too old to put up with this sort of thing from his mother, for hell's sakes.

But when she opened her mouth, she surprised him. "Adam, I want to apologize," she said solemnly.

He felt his jaw hit the deck. His mother? Apologize? This wasn't exactly something that she did regularly. Or, ever, to be more precise.