Chapter 76

Sitting in the peace of the library, my phone in my hand, I've been staring down at the screen for hours. My mum's phone number is across the screen. I didn't think it would be this hard to call them, but here I am, freaking out about it because I've been a horrible daughter not caring about them. I don't know how much Brax has told them, and that makes it worse. Taking a deep breath, I press call. Every part of me is hoping that they don't answer and that I can just leave a message and put off talking to them for a few more days. But like always, my mum picks up on the third ring.

"hello", her voice comes through the phone.

"Hi, Mum. It's Luna," I say, my voice shaky. I know it's been a while since we last talked, and I'm really sorry about that. I've just been so um..." I couldn't think of what to tell her. Every reason I came up with in my head just sounded so stupid.

There's a moment of silence on the other end before my mom responds, "It's okay, Luna. We understand how busy you