"You're overthinking it. Appendicitis is common," Hayden said.

Just then, Avery called.

Seeing his mother's incoming call, Hayden already knew what she was going to say.

He answered the call, spoke a few words with his mother, and hung up.

"Do you have something to attend to? If you have something to do, go ahead." Shelly assumed he had some urgent matter to attend to.

"It's my mom. She said she wants to come and see your mom. It's a bit late tonight, so she won't disturb you. She'll c