The Prodigy Boy Is Actually A 25 Old Girl!?

Roxy didn't make a sound nor greet anyone who contacted her.

"Kaylee, when are you coming back home? I know you're in passion with Declan right now, but at least come home once a week. How about this weekend? You can take Declan with you, and we'll have dinner together. What do you think?"

"..." Roxy felt like she couldn't find her voice and put the phone away from her ear before she took a deep breath.

Her eyes felt wet, but she held herself back from crying. She even didn't know whether she should hang up right there and then or... talked to her mother..

After a while, she heads up and sits back against the headrest with complicated feeling. After calming herself down, only then did she put the phone to her ear again.

"Ma, I…"

"…" Britney, who was famous for talking, suddenly became mute when she heard her daughter's voice.

"I think… I can't go home right now."

"..."  Usually, Britney loved to interrupted whatever her daughter talk about, but not today.

Roxy was so confused by the silence on the other side that she thought their call was disconnected. Once again, she looked at her phone screen, and after making sure their call was still connected, she called her mother.

"Mama?"

"Yes, darling. Then when will you go back? Can't you come this weekend? Please do come this weekend."

Why is her mother persistently begging her to come home this weekend? What date is that day?

Roxy glanced at the digital clock beside her bed and realized that this weekend was her parents' wedding anniversary!

Roxy... 'Kaylee' would never miss her parent's anniversary. If she missed it now, wouldn't her parents suspect her?

She wanted to conceal the fact that she was back from her surrounding a little bit longer.

"Okay. I will come this weekend," stated Roxy finally while clutching her blanket as if her life depends on it.

She doesn't want to come. Roxy still doesn't want to go home and see her mother. Her heart was still not ready, and she didn't know if she could bear the pain she felt whenever she saw her mother's face.

But…

"What do you want me to bring for your anniversary day?" Roxy could barely hold her tremble voice, but she did well by maintaining her tears.

"Nothing, dear. As long as you come back, that is more than enough." was the gentle answer from her mother made Roxy frown in confusion.

She knew what her mother meant was to return home. But why did she feel her mother was talking about her 'return'?

Did her mother know that it was Roxy currently talking to the older woman?

"Then… see you later." Roxy wanted to end their conversation because she couldn't hold back her tears.

"Darling," and yet her mother's voice stopped her. "I love you to the moon and back."

Roxy felt her eyes became blurry as the tears filled her eyes, and she almost sobbed when she heard her mother's last sentence.

'I love you to the moon and back.' That was her favorite phrase to express her affection for her mother.

She remembered when her mother finished reading her storybook before going to bed, Roxy always said this to her mother every night.

'I love you to the moon and back, mama.'

'And I love you infinity and beyond.' That was her mother's response to her.

Roxy covered her mouth with both hands, and her tears flowed uncontrollably.

Declan came back into the room carrying a tray with several plates of food. He promptly put the tray on the nightstand as soon as he saw something was wrong with his wife.

"Roxy? What's wrong?" Declan cupped her face and wiped her tears in vain. Her tears flowed down like a broken pipe made Declan's heart also feel sad.

Declan was confused and wondering. He had only been out of the room for a few minutes, but why did Roxy suddenly become so sad that she burst into tears?

"Tell me, love. What is it? Why are you crying?" Declan noticed a phone in her hand made him think someone was calling her while he was picking up food outside. "Who called you?" asked him in a gentle tone as if he could scare the crying girl if he spoke in a loud voice.

"It's… It's my mother."

Declan smiled faintly at Roxy's sobbing reply, and he carried the girl into his arms. One hand gently patted Roxy's back while giving a comforting whisper.

"Why did she say?"

"She said she missed me and invited us to come to their wedding anniversary?"

"When?"

"This weekend."

"Then why are you crying?"

"I don't know." was her honest answer. She didn't know why she would cry when she rarely cries.

But… hearing her mother's voice and her almost forgotten phrase-making, her heart yearned for something.

It was a mother's warmth.

Roxy missed her mother as much as she missed her sister, yet… her heart ached every time she met her mother face to face.

"I think my alter ego has affected me a lot. I'm not this crybaby."

Declan chuckled in amusement at his lover's tantrums. "I don't mind you're a little bit crybaby. You're cute when you cry."

"..." Roxy's mouth opened wide at the man's words. "Are you a pervert?"

"I am when I'm with you." came his shameless reply, causing Roxy to inhaled a helpless sigh.

Declan kissed her cheeks many times to kiss away her tears, and it worked like magic. Roxy was no longer cry and her heartfelt full when Declan secured her in his warm embrace.

"Are you hungry?"

Roxy nodded her head, and Declan took the food tray, and the two enjoyed their dinner solemnly.

Only after they finished their meal, Roxy spoke something unexpected.

"Declan, I want to see it."

"What do you want to see?"

"The video."

"…"

"My mother gave the USB to you, right. I want to see it."

"Are you sure?"

Roxy was silent for a moment, then looked straight into Declan's eyes with unwavering eyes.

"I'm ready."