Mia's mother hadn't expected her daughter to overhear the conversation and started stammering. "Mia... this..."
"Mom, tell me."
"This..."
She looked at her mother with determination.
Her mother finally managed to say, "It was like this... Those few days you were in Los Angeles, William came looking for you... He said he wanted to see you and had something to say to you, but I told him... told him that you and Ethan had gone on a trip and asked him not to come looking for you again."
"So, you don't know why William came looking for me?"
Her mother hesitated for a few seconds before continuing, "I know roughly why... because he... he still called me 'Mom'."
She was stunned for a long time.
Her mother sighed softly.
"Why?"
"Hmm?" Her mother was puzzled.
She said, "Why did you answer William like that?"
Her mother's face immediately turned ugly. "Since he's already with another girl, why does he need to come and bother you?"
She was confused.
