บท 585: Rendezvous (1)

Ryan continued to drive for a while with no destination in mind. While he had been thinking of leaving over and over, he had not yet figured out where he would go afterwards.

In an ideal world, he would have waited till finishing High School before leaving. Afterwards he would be free to join any college that he decided on, so long as it was far away from this place.

Perhaps he could have even entered the MLB draft directly.

After an hour, Ryan pulled over and grabbed his phone which had been on silent. There were over 20 missed calls from his mother's number, causing his face to soften.

The only thing that he regretted in that moment was leaving his mother alone in that house with his father.

"I'm sorry mom…" He muttered, removing the notifications.

He went through his phone, stopping on a contact. After a brief hesitation, he dialed the number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Leo… You got a moment?"