Unwarranted Anxiousness.

He was about to drop the phone, when the screen lit up with yet another incoming call,

It was his Mom.

As expected, she asked just to be reassured, if he was still indoors, after which he cleared her doubts, and then she had gone on to reemphasize almost all the discussions held in the morning, perhaps she thought he completely lack a retentive memory,

Ryker waited impatiently for her to hang up.

And finally,

He dropped the phone on the couch besides him, picked up the remote control from the surface of the midget-sized table, and switched between channels with the intention to watch an action~confrontation combat show,

Luckily for him, he found one without much ado.

He settled for one of his favorites movie

"Wild Card" showing on TNT,

He was glad to have tuned in quite on time, couldn't wait for that scene where the dialogue goes thus:

Nick Wild: I've been knocked down, blown up, lied to, shit on, and shot at. So nothing surprises me much anymore, except the things that peopl