The moment i pulled up in the driveway, I knew something was wrong. the moment i walked through the door confirmed it. on the floor. Sitting in the middle of broken picture frames, torn up clothes and figurines my mother liked to collect from travel, was my mother, Anne, and a bigger shock than My Mom? Emily right there comforting her.
Upon the site my blood started to boil but, if i've learnt anything from the past couple of weeks, its that anger before answers really won't get you anywhere. So, i calmed down not wanting to scare my mother in the midst of her looking like shes having a mid-life crisis.
"What the fuck happened here?" i said stepping over a torn picture of me and my mom.
"i have no clue, i just got in and saw her here. i thought these were my clothes at first" while registering Emily's words I took a look at the clothes. finally noticing that these indeed were not Emily's clothes, and they weren't Gavin's but clothes belonging to my sister, Dallas.
Growing concerned and my blood pressure rising by the minute i stoop to question my mom and calm her down. its been years since we had an incident. "Hey, mom calm down, please. tell me what happened. why are all of Dallas' left over clothes on the floor? why are these pictures broken"
"S...s..she came over, she looked so lovely, so beautiful. almost like she's been on a retreat. she gave me a hug and harry i've missed her so much!" Sniffling shes stops and i wait for her to feel comfortable enough to continue.
"She said what i was thinking, "i missed you", and i couldn't help but cry and jump for joy. I didn't even notice that i nor anyone else would have given her the new address. She walked in.right as the door shut, i turned to see her staring at me. eyes icy cold, looking at me with dark emotion, pent up emotions...Almost like your fathers the last time we seen him. A..and she just went off. started off softly "how could you?" " did you guys really forget about me and move on that quick?" "why has no one visited "no calls" "you're just like him!" "you've never cared" "just tell me you never wanted me!", I didn't know what to do, then she started crying and had backed into the table with the pictures and figurines, took them all down with her too. i swear Harry, i wanted to do something but what could i have done? i told her i would be right back, so i got these clothes thinking the memories in them would calm her down, you know we got them at a stable time in our lives." Now shaking her head. mother pauses.
"she walked to the box, like she was having a moment, she stood there for 10 minutes before she looked at me with tears and regret in her eyes. looked like she was about to apologize. Until she let out a ear piercing scream and threw everything out of the suitcase." She took a breath before starting back up. i was trying to keep my cool but how could i? knowing my sister was in town and my mother was scared out of her skin?
"Oh, she ranted along until she finally fell silent. not long after i heard the door slam, she had yelled at someone that they had to go and things didn't go as planned"
Emily looked at me and i knew what look it was. confusion. genuine confusion. it was a look i wore often the first couple of times Dallas would have her episodes. the emotion in Emily's eyes made her look human for once.
feeling a body jumping up and down i tightened my grip on my mothers sobbing body. Emily also tightening her grip, tried hushing her down.
"Its okay mom, we'll figure this out. We will ALL be happy again, i promise you that."
feeling a slight nod on my chest it was enough to convince me she had faith and so could i.
"We'll be alright"
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Comment? vote perhaps?
What do you think is up with newly introduced Dallas?
We'll get into Harry's family history soon enough.
