Southern Chances (On Hold)

Chapter 4: Giving and Taking Away

A/N: Hey its a double posting. Mainly because finals are next week and I have two papers due first thing next week. Plus study so I can get my associates degree next December. No postings after this. Love you guys tell me what you think of this and yes I will be continuing Safe Haven. -Storywriter19

The attorney ended up being a young woman from a nearby city. She had bleach blond hair and her makeup was a little too much. I wondered to myself if that's how I look to a lot of people back in Toledo. My hair was natural though. It was a natural dark brown. Jamie sat next to me in the big conference room.

"Let's get started shall we?" The woman says. I feel bad, I hadn't caught her name. "Now your mother was very specific in this will. Before I read, I was told to give you this letter. She said you are to open it in private."

I was handed an envelope before things progressed. I looked at it and wondered what my mother would write to me that she wouldn't tell me in person.

I listened to the attorney as she read off what was to be given away to friends and neighbors and what was to be kept for me. I got the house and the furniture along with the money but I didn't care about any of it. I just wanted one more chance with my mother.

"Hey, it's ok." Jamie said once the attorney left. "Just let it out, hun."

I let a few tears slip out before I swiped them away and stood up. Jamie looked at me worriedly and stood too.

"Let's go get some ice cream and go to Patrick Lake." I sniffed. We would always go there when one of us was sad.

"Ok." Jamie smiled sadly. I walked out to my truck and drove us to the ice cream shop and then to Patrick Lake. We sat on a thick low hanging branch and ate quietly.

"She knew she was dying and never told me." I said letting my ice cream melt.

"She wanted to have good memories and not sad ones before she died." Jamie said stirring her ice cream.

"Doesn't matter. I had a right to know. I had a right to know my mother was dying. I had a right to know my only parent who I cared about was dying. She had no right to keep this from me." I said angrily. Jamie's phone buzzed and she picked it up. She smiled slightly then looked at me.

"Mark wants to watch a movie tonight. You want to come?" She asked hopeful.

"No, I have to get things ready so I can pass out all the stuff mom wanted to give to people. Thanks though." I said mentally sighing.

"You shouldn't be alone." Jamie said. "You should have friends around you. To be there for you."

"I'll be fine Jam. I'll keep myself distracted. I promise." I gave her a small smile.

We drove home and Jamie immediately headed off with Mark. It was like three in the afternoon so I had plenty of time to sort through all the things mom wanted to give away. Her attorney had given me a copy of her will and I read through it and wrote down names and who got what. As it got closer to night and the sounds of Travis' farm quieting down, I went to the old radio and fiddled with it until I gave up and plugged in my iPod doc. I pressed the shuffle button and the first song to come on was a Luke Bryan song If You Ain't Here To Party.