Debt of Blood

Summary

During a team meeting, my mom FaceTime’d me out of nowhere. She said she missed me. She just wanted to see my face.

Mr. Stirling, my boss, snapped at me. "Cut the noise. We’re in the middle of a briefing."

I had to decline the call. I texted Mom, In a meeting. Call you after work.

But she wouldn't listen. The phone buzzed again and again. She kept sending video requests, typing that she missed me so much, begging for just one look.

I was reaching to silence it when Stirling lost it. He snatched my phone, hurled it onto the concrete floor, and screamed, " I said cut the noise!"