"Who was that?" Link asked as his girlfriend stepped into the kitchen, she'd left the room to take a call when her phone unexpectedly rung.
"My mother." Amelia sighed flopping into a chair at their kitchen table. "She wants me to come visit ."
"Are you going?"
"No!" Amelia chuckled on amusement even though they were a new couple despite a baby on the way, she'd expect him to know the fact she wasn't on the best terms with her mother.
"It seems like she wants to fix things." The man pointed out as he plated their dinner.
"Seems like a trap."
"Seems like she's trying to fix her wrong. I'm not gonna force you to do anything, you know that but maybe you'll feel better if you two figured things out."
"I'm perfectly content with where things are, we had a pleasant conversation on a park bench."
"Was it enough though?" Amelia sighed at her boyfriend as she not doing subtly rolled her eyes.
"No." The neurosurgeon mumbled as she twirled her fork into the noodles. "Fine."
"I'll come if that'll make you feel better."
"No this is something I've got to do on my own."
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Amelia crossed her arms over her chest as she anxiously waited for her bag. She hated the JFK airport it reminded her of when she was going off to college, she'd just gotten out of rehab and her mother could barely look at her but assured her that she loved her before sending her off, her brother was a different story he'd agreed to come but he was absolutely livid with his sister, she had went out and gotten herself a drug addiction while crashing his mustang in the process.
"Amy!" The neurosurgeons mother called out.
"Ma, I told you I'd get a cab."
"There's no need, I saved you some money." The older woman engulfed her daughter in a hug.
"Don't mean to rush this, but we should get going."
"Alright let's get moving then." The younger woman moved to put her luggage in the trunk of her mother's car, noticing another suitcase.
"Why is there another suitcase in the back?" Amelia asked as she settled in the passenger seat.
"We're gonna go upstate."
"To the cabin?" Amelia asked in shock, it'd been years since she had been there. The last time she had run away she went to the cabin where she was snorting oxy, there Kathleen walked in with her fiancé. As Kathleen was yelling at her, she could've sworn their mother had possessed her, and when she made the comment it only intensified her sisters anger toward her.
"Where else would be going in upstate New York?" Carolyn asked, focusing on the road before quickly looking to the side to see her daughters reaction. "Is that okay?"
"Oh, yeah yeah it's fine. I just wasn't expecting it that's all." The remainder of the drive was filled with a heavy silence, periodic awkward conversation filling the minutes here and there.
When they got to the cabin they went their separate ways and unpacked. Amelia was in the room she'd share with her Lizzie when they were younger, smirking at the bunk beds as she remember all the pranks they'd pull on one another. After getting settled she walked to the closet finding it was still a cluttered mess just as it was 20 years ago. She didn't realize she was looking for anything before she found it. Her old unicorn stuffed animal, she quickly held it to her chest.
