Harrison leaned back against the kitchen chair, his dark eyes fixed on Julius. The room was totally quiet now, save for the sound of their steady breathing. Harrison opened his mouth, his jaw tightening as he prepared to finally give Julius a piece of the truth, just to break the heavy boundary Julius had set between them.
But before a single word could leave Harrison's lips, a loud vibration shattered the silence. Julius reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone. The screen flashed with his mother's name. He looked at Harrison for a brief second before sliding the screen and putting the call on speaker.
"Mom?" Julius said.
"Julius, where are you?" Her voice came through the speaker, but the calm, collected tone from earlier was entirely gone. She sounded breathless, her voice trembling with an emotion Julius had never heard from her before. "They came to the house, Julius. They raided the estate."
