My Brother's Best Friend Is My Mate novel Chapter 53

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Spencer asks and runs over to her mother. Maura, Spencer's mom, pulls her daughter in for a long hug.

"It's nice to see you as well honey." Maura laughs. I swear I see tears in Spencer's eyes but she buries her face in her mom's shoulder. She's making sniffling sounds so I'm almost certain she's crying. Spencer never cries. Sarah pulls me away and we both head to the kitchen to leave Spencer and her mom to their privacy.

"I'm sorry if you were worried about us Sarah." I said as soon as I sat down on a stool.

"Spencer just wanted to treat me in advance for my birthday. Did you call her mom?" I ask.

"No dear. She stopped by, and believe it or not we were both very worried. You guys were gone for so long, and we had no idea where you were." Sarah tells me.

She sets on a kettle to make tea for Spencer, Maura, me and herself, I assume. Suddenly my mind runs on Liam. I haven't seen him for almost the entire day and I am kinda disappointed that he isn't worried about where I was the entire time.

"Where's Liam?" I ask Sarah.

"He's up at his office." She replies over her shoulder while sweetening the tea with sugar cubes.

"Oh." I tell Sarah I'm going upstairs and leave the kitchen. I enter my room and drop on my bed. My feet are killing me and my head is pounding. I could really use a nice warm bath right now but I am too lazy to get up. I wonder why Maura stopped by, not that she isn't suppose to come and see her daughter but I am still curious. A knock at the door pulls me out of my thoughts and I tell the person to come in.

I expect it to be Liam but instead it is my best friend. "Oh, it's you." I tease.

Spencer's demeanor has changed and my tone shifts slightly from tired to worried.

"What's wrong? Please don't tell me someone else has died; I can't take anymore news of people who have died." I tell Spencer.