Some Questioning

Matthew was curious, his father sat at the table near him and sipped his coffee like nothing was out of the ordinary. Still, that was his mother cleaning up for them without a hitch.

“Dad...you feeling okay?” He asked.

“Fine, I don’t like that I have to come onto the site on the weekend, but what can ya do?” He didn’t even make eye contact.

“Yeah, but like, what about what mom is doing?”

That’s when he looked up at his son. “Matt, are you thinking of your mother? Look, I know you want to go look for her, but we have no clue where she is.” He said solemnly.

“What are you saying dad?!”

“Matthew, we talked about this, you and your sister are adopted. Why are you bringing it up again? You’ve know this for years.”

Matt gulped, this is how the app must have changed reality. The maid left the room, trying to ignore the awkward conversation. To her these were just clients having their morning breakfast. It seems dad was single, choosing to have two kids without a wife. All this made Matthews head spin. He decided...