The Life We Live

12. Lame Convorsation

Harlow climbs back up into his closet and quietly shuts the trap door. He then looks around his room while listening to his mother and Marvin talking. He goes to open his window to hop out. As he sets his foot on his desk he stops.

"Shit I gotta grab my diary.." he quietly shoves himself under his bed, rips it out of his mattress and looks at it.

"Doesn't look like its been touched" he says

He then quickly gets back up on his desk and bends to fit through his window. He looks down realizing his window is a little high from the ground and hesitates to jump down.

He leans foward then goes back in "just fuckin do it man its only 5 feet!" He loudly whispers to himself.

Harlow then suddenly hears footsteps coming his way. His adrenaline took over and he threw himself out his window.

When Harlow landed he gasped grasping his diary. "I thought that would hurt more.." he says quickly getting up to run away from the window.

Harlow ran around his house to do what Raven had briefly planned. His adrenaline running through his veins had allowed him to impulsively walk through his front door.

He walks in seeing everyone look at him like he was a random crazy man barging into someone's house.

Harlow stares at them and they stare back "Hi!" Harlow yells

Andrea speaks "Hi? What on Earth are you doing?"

Harlow looks at her "coming inside to see what is going on."

Andrea sighs looking down then looks at Raven and Marvin "sorry about my son guys sometimes he can be a fuckin idiot."

She looks back at Harlow waving her hand towards Raven and Marvin "there is nothing going on that you need to be concerned about.. now go back to doing whatever the hell you were doing."

Harlow looks towards Marvin hoping he would say something.

"Perhaps Andrea he could stick around in here I mean he doesn't really know about our friendship... and he is also a dear friend of my granddaughter here.. so I think he should be entitled to sitting here with us." Marvin says

Harlow smiles at Marvin's comment as he clearly seems to be the word of reason and someone who his mother seems to listen to.

Andrea sighs and throws her hand up in the air "I guess..."

Harlow sits on a chair at the dining table, listening to their not so illuminati type convorsation. It was a lame convorsation at that, and Harlow wanted to leave but couldn't just incase they did start finally talking about the box.

Harlow and Raven looked at eachother bored, she obviously wanted to leave to.

She walks over to Harlow and sits with him

Harlow whispers "why isn't he bringing up the box?"

Raven shrugs "that's my exact thought. But I have to guess its because she doesn't seem to want to talk about your father or anything related. Just herself and him... so he might just be trying to get her warmed up to him before he brings it up."

Harlow looks at his mother then back at Raven "but my father said in the recording that she would know to give it to him when the time comes."

Raven winces "what if it isn't her.."

Harlow sighs "it should be."

Raven tilts her head "there's probably a bunch of people that you must have not thought of."

Harlow slightly started to feel frustration "No it is her. My father pretty much said it was her."

Raven looks at him concerned "I'll trust you but she doesn't seem to even remember him or anything in that whole field."

Harlow squints his eyes remembering the tonic that his father had mentioned "she must have took the tonic..." Harlow says to himself outloud

Raven looks at him confused "what tonic?"

Harlow looks at her confused then remembers she didn't watch the recording. "My father mentioned options for my mother to take either a tonic that will make her forget about this life or she does something that will basically make her look like she wouldn't know anything about this life."

Harlow tilts his head looking at his mother saddened again "I thought she did the second option.. but if she doesn't remember Marvin she could just have done the first option then just randomly became an alcoholic... which I dont even think makes sense.."

Raven looks down trying to think "you're right that does make no sense.."

As minutes go by while Harlow contemplates what his mother did he impulsively decided to try to get it out of her.

Harlow quickly stands up

Raven looks up at him trying to pull him back down to sit "what are you doing!" She loudly whispers

Harlow looks down at her. "Its impossible to know without asking."

Harlow looks at his mothers eyes as she and Marvin look at him confused. Harlow hesitates to speak then let's it out.

"What do you know about the small weird box that dad gave you before he died?"