Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Strategies Of War

As predicted, Mom went ballistic the moment I walked through the kitchen door.

"You were specifically told to stay away from that hotel and that woman!" Mom trembled so much she had to clutch her hands together to keep them from shaking. It just transferred the extra vibration to the rest of her body. "Sydlynn Thaddea Hayle-what were you thinking?"

Gram sat at the table, grinning at me. I kept expecting her to speak up, but she didn't say a word.

So much for having my back.

"It was go see her now on my terms or run into her at a time I wasn't prepared." I used my best logical, thought-this-through voice. It worked in the fact Mom didn't explode.

Good sign.

"You know better than to take these matters into your own hands." Mom's face flushed dark red. "And with your temper and lack of control... Syd, you could have made things much worse."