Chương 331: Back to the grind

"Mom, I'm sorry, but something happened with the communications while we were on the island. They were not able to fix it immediately." She answered her mother as she scoured through her files on the table.

She had been explaining to her mother the reason why she was not able to return their calls. She only learned that she was looking for her when they had landed on the tarmac since she forgot to charge her phone.

She only realized it when Marcus called Alex and informed them of the situation. But it was too late to call her parents, considering that they might be already sleeping at that hour.

"But you should..." Laura was about to make another argument, but she immediately cut her off.

"Mom, there was nothing I could do." She said exasperatedly. "Just tell Dad..." She tried to think of a compromise. "I will just visit him this weekend."