Brooke Codona is a beautiful young woman and tries to keep everything together. Everything felt good in her life especially her marriage until her husband cheated on her. With nowhere to go, she gets a letter from her late grandmother stating that s...
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"How did she die? Did her letter say...?" My mother asks.
I nod. "She had cancer and she was battling it for years."
She stays silent as if her thoughts of everything had taken her use of words. That she couldn't even know what to say in this very moment.
She looks back at me and holds my hand, comforting me. "I should've told you about her, about your father's family. Milena's death shouldn't even be making me change my mind but you're right... I robbed you of knowing the truth and for that, I'm sorry Brooke".
She actually apologized. It was fucked up that my grandmother's death made her realize her mistake but at least she acknowledged it and not denied it.
I accepted her apology, the last thing I needed with my mother right now is another fight about something else. In this moment, she is all I have and I couldn't have another fight with her.
I nod. "Thank you mom..".
She nods and she sighs. She stands up and looks around for a moment. She turns to me. "So when are you leaving..?".
I think. "Well I came here because you sounded worried and it sounded urgent. I'm leaving in two days, I have to quit my job then I make my way to Romania. So what's the news..? What happened?".
She looks at me for a moment and shakes her head. "It's nothing, I just wanted to see you. I felt horrible and I wanted to discuss things with you. Check on you mostly".
I smiled a bit. It felt like old times in a way. "Well I guess I'll take that offer and stay for the two days".
She smiles and nods. We go on and continue on with checking up on each other. Everything that I have missed about her and that she missed about me.
I filled her in on my ongoing divorce with Damon and she was upset about it. Upset about how he cheated on me and his inability to follow through with the divorce.
I tried to steer the conversation away and make it about each other. I didn't want to spend my two days with my mother in such a long time about my soon to be ex husband.
He wasn't worth the headache right now.
I get into some comfy clothes and we spend our night on the couch, watching movies.
"So mom.... Any new guys..?" I ask with a grin on my face.
She gasped as she sips her wine from the wine glass settled in her polished fingers. "Brooke... that's an odd question..".
I laugh and I shake my head. "It's not weird. You haven't been with anyone.. since.. he left. You deserve someone to keep you company mom".
She shakes her head. "Being with anyone else who isn't your father... doesn't feel right".
