Jacob decided he would love his mother no matter what. he decided that no matter how much he wanted to resent the gentle, kind maid that raised him the past fifteen years, he wouldn’t. She deserved a life as much if not more than he, so even if it meant his being abandoned he would still love her. He repeated this to himself stepping into his father’s estate, the father that deserted him and his mother. Unlike her, the sentiments he felt towards that man weren’t near as kind.

“..Hello?”