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Hunter turned and left the aparte after he left, knowing there was so on that Hunter couldn’t tell me

It was about Spencer's past in Alexandria That was all I knew

Later that afternoon, I asked George if he could take me to see my mother I was concerned about her, and wanted to see her and ht of seeing Spencer, especially after the strange discussion Hunter and I’d had earlier, but I had this vague sense of doo over me

Jae and I went inside, using ot there, the house was quiet I usually called before I ca that Spencer would still be at work When I walked into the cool dark interior, I was surprised at how quiet it was The drapes were drawn and the lights were all off I walked through the house, checking the living room first to see if she was on the sofa, but she wasn't so I went to her bedroom

Inside, she was lying on her side under the covers, her back to the door

"Mo to wake her if she was deeply asleep

When she didn't answer, I went to the side of her bed and saw that her bottle of pills was open, next to a glass of water The pills had spilled out onto the night table

Alarmed, I sat on the side of the bed and shook her, worried now that she may have taken too much She didn’t respond

"Mo and ed up if she was able to blink

"Sweetie," she said and tried to roll over, but she made a face and I had to help her "I didn't know you were co over How nice to see you"

"You spilled your pills," I said and picked up the few stray ones that were on the floor "The bottle must have fallen over"

"Oh, I'm sorry, dear," she said "I'm so cluht slad you're here I missed you and Graham when I ay"

"We missed you, Mom," I said and leaned over and kissed her Then, I adjusted the blankets and glanced around "Did you have lunch?"

She didn’t open her eyes "Lunch?" she said, dreamily "What time is it?"

"It's four," I said, frowning "Didn't you have lunch yet?"