The next morning, however, she was jolted awake by the incessant ringing of her phone. Groggily, she reached for it, her eyes squinting at the bright screen. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the name flashing on the screen: "Mother."
She sat up abruptly, her sleepiness vanishing in an instant. Her mother was calling her? She quickly swiped through her missed calls and realized there were several from her parents. Her parents.
Aria stared at the screen in disbelief, her mind racing with confusion. Her parents had never called her before. They had always been indifferent to her, treating her more like an inconvenience than a daughter. They hadn't even picked up her calls when she called them before..
Why would they call now? Had they woken up on the wrong side of the bed? Or was something else going on?
