Chapter 99 Chapter 098

It took Jeff three days to muster up the courage, and those three days were long and grueling.Still, it's all thanks to his mother. All four of them knew about the car.When they get together, they don't talk about anything else, and they always whisper in low voices. They are scared. terrified. Family and friends became suspicious and speculated.They knew that the child must have had something to do with it, but the thought alone was enough to make them miserable.After a while, they stop thinking about it and go about their lives and work as usual, pretending that nothing has changed.

Jeff's mother was not willing to give up so easily.The fact that his son was so absorbed in watching the local news and hunched over the radio all day made his focus obvious.He must have been involved in that case. She wanted to ask him directly, but she wasn't sure if she could accept it after knowing the answer.She knew her sons were all car thieves, little villains.everybody knows.One is already serving his sentence, and the other is out at night, so there must be no good. But this time is completely different. She had a steaming cup of Horlicks in her hand and used that as an excuse to walk into Jeff's room.He barely noticed her presence when she put the glass on the bedside table.The radio was humming a local station.Now Jeff has the radio on all day and night.She sat down at the end of the bed, not daring to meet his eyes.It took her a long time to speak, and her voice was full of worry.

"You'll always be my good son, Jeffrey. You should know that, shouldn't you?" He hated being called Jeffrey.He turned to face the wall and said painfully "Go away!" "No matter what happens, you are my one and only child. I just want you to know that." Jeff sat up on the bed.These words slowly settled in his wandering mind.He heard it, but barely knew what it meant. "Your brother is in jail, but that doesn't mean I love him any less. He's still my son, you both. I love him no matter what he did; no matter what you do, I love him." I still love you." She already knew.You can't keep any secrets from your mother.

Jeff hesitated to speak up. "We got that car just for fun. That's all. We were just having fun." She held her son's hand like she hadn't held his hand in more than ten years. "You just stole the car, didn't you. Just stole the car." That's a statement, not a question. She didn't want to hear another answer. She prayed there would be no other answer. Jeff's voice was terrified, and he whispered, "How would I know there was a baby in the trunk?" His eyes filled with tears, and he tried to hold back the tears, but to no avail. "I don't know, I really don't know."

"Who else is there?" "William, Teggs, and Des. But none of us knew there was a girl behind. We didn't know until the next day, when we heard the news." Tears rolled down his face.He lay on his mother's shoulder and howled.But what he felt was not shame, but a sense of relief. Speak up. Finally said it. She hugged her son and wept with him.They just sat there quietly, sobbing together.Then she said, "Jeffrey, I think you know what to do." He didn't move.He just leaned against his mother, trying to hold back the tears. "Mom," he finally said.

"Well, dear?" "I love you."