My Life As An Escort ~ Book 2 New Beginnings (Completed)✅

Chapter 21 ~ Awake

Cadence POV

I woke up in an empty bed as the wind blew through the room. The white curtains waved in the air as the smell of the ocean poured it's weight inside. I looked around and nothing seemed familiar. I looked down at myself as I remembered something wasn't right. I pulled off the comforter and walked to the balcony.

The clear blue sky looked topaz glistening in the sky. The sun shone it's yellow sparks as it accented the sky.

"Are you hungry?" I heard the all too familiar voice say. I turned around and there she was.

"Mama?"

"Hello sweetheart."

I couldn't do anything but run into her awaiting arms.

"Awe mama I've missed you so much," I said crying into her chest.

"I know sweetie and I'm so sorry."

"Where are we?"

"Where no one can hurt you," she said rubbing my hair. "Get dress and we can take a walk on the beach."

I pulled back and quickly dressed. I opened the door and walked down the stairs. It opened into a huge room where my mother was sitting and waiting on me.

"Ready?" She said reaching for my hand.

"Yes," I said smiling.

We walked out the front door as her white dress blew behind her. Her skin looked ageless as she smiled at me. We walked on until we came to a large rock and we climbed on top.

"This is a good place to talk," she said clapping her hands of the left over debris.

"Why did you leave me?" The question was forever engrained in me to ask.

"I wasn't happy. I had never truly been happy. It wasn't because of anything you or your sisters did it's because of me. Sometimes life gets in the way of things and you're not able to see things clearly until it's over."

"Why didn't you tell anybody you weren't happy?"

"Because I was ashamed."

"Of what?"

"I didn't know who my real parents were. I didn't know who I was or was a part of. I walked in shame everyday of my life. I went with the flow. When I ran away, I had nothing. I tried to find comfort in a man and it didn't work out and then I had you. I thought things would change but they didn't."

"You should have told daddy."

"He didn't know how to help me. No one did. I figured you girls were a lot better without me and that Will would be a better parent."

"He couldn't do it."

"I know. You are actually the better parent and they are not even yours."

"I would have helped you."

"I wanted you to become your own person. I didn't want you miserable like me. I would look down in that beautiful face of yours and pray that you wouldn't end up like me. You always had this sparkle in your eyes I never had. You and your sisters were the best things that came out my life. I saw so much potential, that I saw nothing but failure on my end. And to be honest I have even failed you all after death."

"Am I dead?"

"No. You are on the line tinkering between life and death. It is up to you to choose."

"I don't know if I want to go back."

"You have too. So many people love you. The girls are happy but now you are not. Why?"