Adrian realised, quietly, that he couldn't blame her for not returning either. After all, he hadn't. He had run away from that place so fast and avoided it with all his might, and he had known that his younger brothers were suffering. Their mother may have worried about it, but she hadn't known.
"I missed you," he said quietly, staring at the table. "We missed you. Do you live in the city? If you don't I'm- I think you should move here."