Nathan was exhausted walking towards the front door of his house. Dragging his suitcases up to porch, he sighed and looked down at the suitcase in his hand. She had given this to him. He shook his head, trying to erase the image out of his head. He pushed open the door to reveal his mother walking towards him.
"Oh, Nathan. I'm glad you're here." Deb said, breathing a sigh of relief. "I've been here alone all night."
"Sorry about that." Nathan replied. "I had to take care of something." He replied quickly, hoping that his mother would get the point and leave him alone. He wasn't in the mood to listen to another one of her rants about Dan.
"Oh, okay." Deb said, obviously not getting the point. "Do you need help with anything?"
"I just need to get one more bag out of the car." Nathan said, gesturing towards the door.
"Ok, well, hurry up." Deb said while hugging her son. She didn't want him to be out this late.
Nathan waited until his mother walked up the stairs, and turned the corner towards her room before she proceeded over towards the door. With one swift turn of the knob, he opened the door.
And there she was.