She called again… line connected this time.
"Rio?" She asked worriedly after learning he had gone out of the snowy mountain. Her heartbeat wasn't stable reading the text that her little child took such a big risk.
"Hiii… I wanted to contact you but then saw your call was coming." He replied nervously as he was amazed she found out so soon.
He could guess that those three people at the yellow tower shelter exposed him even before he returned to the earth.
"Why did you sneak into the land of Asura without informing me?" Her angered voice was heard on the speaker of the phone, which was mixed with bitterness and sadness.
"I thought you wouldn't let me go so that was the only option. I also met a girl there who was temporarily living in that shelter. She helped me get out of that place." He offered her a flat lie. Hoping she would buy it.
He didn't want to sadden her but what option he had left?