Chapter 3Eric groaned under his breath when his smartphone rang. It was Sunday evening, and the last batch of customers had stayed seventeen minutes past the normal closing time for his dim sum restaurant. He and his employees could only clear the tables and clean the restaurant up after the customers had already left. As a result, it was now eleven minutes past nine o’clock, and he had just finished locking up the door. He pulled his smartphone out from the pocket of his coat, and when he noticed the name on the screen, he sighed loudly. It was his mother. As much as he loved his mother, conversations with her were becoming quite a chore ever since he came out of the closet.
“Hey, Mom,” Eric greeted after pressing on the green button on the screen and placing the smartphone right next to
