"Are you ready Bhu? Please be nice and listen to her" Great said while driving his car, we've been on the road for almost 5 hours now.
"Great..." I mumbled looking at Great's side profile as he drove the car.
"Yes? Are you okay?" Great asked his words dripping with concern but not taking his eyes off the road.
"Can you hold my hand?" I asked a little shy.
He just smiled and held my hand tightly; it seemed as if he was telling me that he will always be there for me and always protect me. I felt safe by just holding his big warm hand.
"Don't worry about anything Bhu, everything will be alright" he said stopping the car on the side of the road, and then he turned towards me and looked right into my eyes.
"I'm here, I will always be here" he added while looking at me smiling softly, his smile is so warm that i suddenly felt a little bit at peace.
As soon as we arrived, I started feeling even more anxious about meeting her.She who left me when I was a little child, hopeless and scared in those dark nights, when I was supposed to be living with a family like any other child, when I spent all the days working instead of enjoying my childhood like every normal child had...
That villa where we were standing in front was huge, pleasant white-walled, it was my first time standing in such a beautiful place.
When we entered the villa one of the maids took my jacket, another guided us to the living room. We sat there waiting for her to come. A few moments later, she walked in; she had a well shaped figure, her hair was mercury-red and it tumbled right over her shoulders. She came closer to us; I noticed her scrolled ears and her elegant nose. She was extremely beautiful; I haven't seen anyone as beautiful as her. But even though I was astonished by her beauty I couldn't but feel anger towards her, I wanted to yell at her for leaving me and throw all my anger at her. At that same moment Great held my hand tightly and nodded to me while smiling softly.
"Listen to her, just for me" He said and patted my head.
"I promised you" I replied anxiously.
"Hello, I'm sorry for keeping you guys waiting so long" she said, her voice was shaking, she didn't seem comfortable talking.
I sat there staring at her, i didn't know what to say to her, should I just say hello or something else... She was my mother but I felt way too awkward to say anything.
"My son, you've grown up well..." she said and tears started sliding down her cheeks.
"Yeah" I replied nonchalantly.
"I brought him here so that you'd meet him and tell him everything I know already about, so please feel free to tell him everything" Great said while holding my hand.
"I'll leave you both alone to talk" he added.
"NO! STAY!" I yelled as soon as he tried to let go of my hand.
"It's okay, you already know everything, you can stay" My mom said.
"Stay with me" I said desperately and anxiously.
"Okay, I'm here" he replied and sat down again holding both my hands.
"So... What do you need to tell me?" I asked while looking at her.
"I really don't know where to start from... The day your dad and I officially divorced, he left directly to America with his girlfriend, I remember I went to buy things to make you pizza for lunch, I knew you liked it so much and you were sad your dad left... On my way home I had an accident and ended up losing my memory, a few years later I got married to the doctor that had taken care of me all that time because we fell for each other.
Not long ago, I fell from the stairs and hit my head, after that I remembered everything, that I have a child who I couldn't reach because of my memory loss, I didn't remember him. I remembered then that I have a child who I wanted to cook for his favorite food the same day I left him unwillingly, I didn't know how I could find him or go to him since I didn't know the way back home or the name of the place where I lived... "She was speaking when I interrupted her and hugged her tightly.
"I'm sorry for being angry at you, I was so lonely all these years, I felt so bad about myself and jealous of other kids who were able to spend their time with their parents. my birthdays were very lonely, the only birthday I had was when I met great and singto. whenever I was sick I didn't know what to do or how to survive it alone... I hated myself so much because of you and him." I started yelling while tears were falling down my face as she hugged me.
"I'm sorry my son" she said with tears streaming down her face."I never wanted to leave you"
