"Oh my God! My poor baby!" Mrs. Rachel Washington, Mason's mother cried when she seen her son in the hospital bed. Tears were in her eyes and she covered her mouth in sadness.
"Ma?" Mason sat up in the bed and reached his hands out. Rachel embraced him in a tight and warming hug, crying into his shoulder. "I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry I'm late. I tried to get here as fast as I could."
"Ma I'm fine. It's ok. Stop crying." Mason chuckled. "The blindness is only temporary."
Rachel grabbed Mason's face into her hands and looked at him. He had a few cuts on his face but he was still handsome as could be. "You're still beautiful son."
Mason blushed. "Thanks Ma."
Rachel smiled. She was happy her son was in a 'decent' condition and in high spirits regardless of what happened. "How's Mykah?"
Mason shurgged. "I haven't heard from her since the crash. She's not dead, thank God. I think she's still unconscious. I don't know. Nobody's really been here except for you."
Rachel frowned. "Your brother hasn't been to see you yet?"
"No. I don't blame him though. I wouldn't want to see me in this position either."
"That's no excuse Mason! That's not right at all. He can lay up and be with that hood rat Britney all day he can come see you! I'm about to page his ass." She stated angrily and dug in her purse to pull out her pager.
"No Ma. Don't." He shook his head. "He'll get here when he gets here. I ain't stressing it."
Rachel sighed and placed her hand on his knee. "Ok... not this time. But before we leave he's coming to see you. Period."
"Before we leave? Who is we?"
"You're coming back home."
"Wait.. what you mean I'm coming back home?" He chuckled nervously and scratched his head.
"I removed you from school and you're coming back to stay with me and your father. I already enrolled you in the community campus near us so when you heal you can-"
"Wait. What?!" Mason exclaimed. "No. Hell no."
"Excuse me?" Rachel stood up shocked at his words. He had never ever in is 20 years of living cussed at his mother. "Look at yourself! You can't stay here Mason. You have to heal and you can't heal in this foreign city you know nothing about. I knew I should've never let you come here in the first place."
Mason sunk into the bed and groaned. He couldn't believe what she did. Removed him out of school? Enrolled him in a school he knew nothing about? Who told her to make these drastic change without him? Maybe it was the best for him... maybe she was right. He should have never came to Chicago in the first place but Mykah practically begged him to meet her crazy ass mama that seduced him.
This was probably for the best.
"Ok." Was all he said.
"Ok? You're okay with this?"
"Not really. I wish we could've talked about you enrolling me in a new school but it's all good. I trust your judgement." He slightly smiled and Rachel kissed his cheek.
