Amidst the banters stemming from the living room, his mom's voice could be heard.

She has arrived.

He grabbed his food from the microwave and headed back to the sitting room.

Saw her sitting on the couch on which Riley had dropped his bag when he arrived, having Riley sit on her lap as she bantered with the boys.

"Welcome back Mom."

He said, going towards his seat.

As he sat to eat the food he had gotten.

"Uhm!

"All drama today is to induct the eatables", His mom teases him.

He smiled and looked away.

"Isn't it?" She whined further.

"Maybe," he responded,

" How was your day today, Mom?"

"Ah. Well, my day was supposed to be sparsely populated with activities today but due to some emergency that came up, and some compulsory to-dos, my day came off quite hectic."

He was about to say something when she continued, and her face grew smiley.

"And yes, Mr. Fred said he'd come to visit before going home today."

She said,

"Wow. What a perfect surprise."

Ryker thought.

"Actually,