I liked that you made the female his mom and not some girlfriend, etc. The sourness he felt from her is so real and bitter, made me want to call my mom to tell her that I love her. Good sequel.

wasn’t expecting it to be mom and son, but very nice addition!

I figured you were originally thinking “love interest”, but it was written in a way that I thought it felt natural to me to continue it in this direction. I hope you don’t mind.