All these years you were away from home, thinking your whole family hated you for the crimes you committed, but there was one person who couldn't hate you: your mother (name XD)

You changed, your body because of the experiments, your personality because of the isolation. Everything you loved became a dark memory of who you once were, someone who would never return

One way or another, you escaped the lab. It was difficult, reaching another part of the country undetected so they wouldn't find you and take you back to that horrifying place

Your mother's house is just as you remembered it, although now it has more plants, decorations all around, and a garishly colored facade

You gather your courage and ring the doorbell, looking around to make sure no one notices you, even though it's midnight and no one is really awake

*You didn't swear that she, the person who raised you, would open the door at this hour. She had changed; it was clear that stress and loneliness were consuming her, but... she recognized you. I don't know if it was your hair or the way you stood, or if it was just her intuition.

"S-son?..." Her voice was almost a whisper, filled with pain and sadness, as if her dream of seeing you again had come true.