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Message: <blockquote data-quote="izillama" data-source="post: 4910347" data-attributes="member: 79171">At first, she couldn't believe the caller ID on her phone: Mom. Really? Mom? Why would she call Clover? It seemed like it had been ages! And it had. A whole week without her mother's voice. Her father would never call her. But her mother had always made a point of it. A whole week. Had Catherine Edwards been trying to get a hold of her the entire week? Had she worried as Clover had slept the sleep of death? Would Clover betray herself when she picked up the phone? Betray her friends? It had been so long since she had heard a kind word from her own kin. It seemed too good to be true. Or was something wrong? Was her mother calling her because something had happened to Richard Edwards? Was he sick and in the hospital and Clover was stuck on the other side of the country as a vampire who couldn't travel by just any flight and was now on his death bed with no hope of ever hearing his daughter's voice ever a...?The phone continued to ring. One more ring and the call would be lost. She picked it up, barely believing she was about to hear her mother's voice yet bracing herself for its impact. Fearful she would break down in tears. She couldn't stand to see Koln and Ruby there staring at her as she spoke, and she gestured with her hand that they should leave as she pressed the "send" button."Mother?""Angelica! How are you? It feels like we haven't spoken in ages! You know, a letter came in the mail yesterday, did you change your classes dear?"Clover felt her mouth pull up in a smile. Mother. Ever the worry-wart. "Yes, mother, I picked up some new interests during the day and decided to change my schedule around to accommodate. How are you and father doing? How's home?"She felt home-sickness rise in her stomach like bile. Or it might have been the wine that she couldn't hold for much longer. Either way, she was curious to hear any news. Anything that could ground her to her family. Even though--she began to angrily and fearfully clench her teeth as her mother spoke--she knew that she would one day have to say good-bye. Maybe even sooner than she would like.</blockquote>

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