323 A call up

"Where were you all?!" 

Opening the door while making an irritated face, he was ready to lash out at his parents. But the next instant as he opened the door, his pupils constricted as he became tongue-tied upon seeing the gloomy look on the face of his mother. 

Listless eyes that seemed rather puffy and bloodshot, pale looking face and shoulders that were slumped forward, it was as if a dark shadow was looming over her face. 

Seeing her distressful state, Mateo couldn't help but become frantic, "What happened to you mom?"

Frowning his brows with a face that was filled with extreme concern, he asked in a rather loud voice. Just by looking at her miserable state, he could tell that something terrible had happened to her. And also right now, she was all alone.