POV: Victoria 

“What is wrong mom, are you okay?” I asked her in a panic as I rushed to her side and tried to see if she was still breathing. She looked as if she was suddenly possessed by a strange spirit, I had never seen her react this way before. 

Could this be because I mentioned my friend's name?

I know that it was the moment I mentioned my new friend's name, Miguel Myers, that mom's face drained of color, and for a heartbeat, it seemed as if the air had been sucked from the room like she wasn’t breathing.

“Mom, wake up, breathe!

Breathe Mom, you need to...