Everything seems in order, at least, even though I've been away for more than a week. Well, everything but the mail. The postbox was completely full.
Dexter closed the door of the house behind him and put all of those letters on a nearby table. After digging through the bills and other burocracy related stuff, the boy found something more interesting.
I've heard about what happened to your father because of the news... Don't assume I've forgotten everything about the two of you... You are about to become a legal adult anyway, but I'll still try to help you how I can until you'll get a stable life and a bright future... To avoid misunderstandings, this house is considered a secondary house under my possessions... You can stay here, or come where I live: the address is down below...
Of the entire letter, those sentences were the one that attracted the most Dexter's attention. The sender was his mother, and Dexter had some mixed feelings about her. Being his mother, she held a special place in Dexter's mind; but she was also the one that left him and his dad in that city, going to live somewhere else. She also turned out to be part of a new family, and seemed to gradually lose interest for Dexter. She didn't even come to visit him last year, most likely making up some excuse to justify her choices.
Dexter's plan to leave the city and reach her were quickly torn apart by what he remembered about the pact with Astros, and everything else that happened during the following week. Maybe another day...
Dexter started to tidy up the house, that had been completely abandoned for almost ten consecutive days, watched some news on TV, had dinner and stayed up some more, to see whether Astros would have come or not.
His new plan was to attempt to join a faction, but Dexter preferred to take his time and not make rushed decisions. Finding a part-time job to earn something was also an option, if he had enough time; not to mention that there still was a chance that his mother would have come there to visit him. But was it really a wise decision to have a dual life, both as human and magical person?