Reasons

Chapter 18 - Mom

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An hour has passed and Collin and Clark still isn't done. Jessica, with the others, are still outside, across the hallway from the hotel room the two are in.

The two finally walked out from the hotel room and reunited with the others. "How'd it go?" Jessica asked.

"I have forgiven him." He said, looking a bit down. "Dad was really sad when he discovered that I died. I just wish I had spend more time with him before I died."

"It's okay dude." Brandon said, patting his hand on Collin's back, even though he couldn't. "At least you had time to hang out with him. My dad was always busy. I didn't even felt what a fatherly love is."

He moved backwards a bit. "What I'm trying to say is, you and your dad still have memories of both of you. You may not create new ones, but you can still embrace the old ones."

"Thanks." Collin said.

"Alright!" Clark yelled joyfully. "Who's next?"

"I'm still not ready." Brook said, looking really troubled.

"It's Jessica then." Leslie said.

She was excited to see her mother for all these years. She had an aunt here where her mom could stay. She worked in this country and then poof. Reported dead one day. Murdered on a bank robbery. For some reason, they can't bring back the body in America, so they burried her in the Philippines.

"I don't even know where she is." Jessica said.

"I know." Someone said.

They turn around to see who spoke. It was Reaper.

"Let's say I worked on her case."

"How did you help?" Jessica asked.

"I sent a letter to someone for her." He said, slowly approaching to me. "To someone who she really loves. Her daughter. That was her reason. In the year that she died, she hasn't been communicating with you because she's always tired and busy. That year was her bad luck. She lost her job, all of her appliances, half of the money she has. When she was at the bank, she was writing a letter to you. She finished it, but she got shot in the robbery. She asked me to send her the letter that she wrote to you."

She remembered that letter. It arrived the day after my mom died.

Dear Jessica,

How are you? I really miss you right now. I haven't been contacting you because there has been a couple of problems here, but don't worry! Everything is fine. I just want you to know that whatever happens, stay strong and be the girl I raised you to be, okay? Promise me that. I love you.

Love,Mom

That was the last time she have ever heard from her mom.

"You did that for her?" Jessica was starting to tear up.

"Yes."

With that, she hugged him. Different kinds of emotions washed over her right now. Why? This very guy helped his mother go to heaven.

Even though he just sent one single letter, but sometimes, simple things matter.

She let go of him. "So, where is she burried?"

***

All of them rode Reaper's taxi again.

He took them to where Jessica's mom was burried. Manila North Cementery. The cementeries here looks different here. This place is untidy. Trash everywhere and all that stuff.

They were there searching for the spot where she was burried in.

They found it.

Jessica can see her name written on the marble plaque above the dirt.

"Here it is." Jessica said, feeling a bit emotional. "Where is she?"

"Here's what you need to do." Reaper said. "Since your mom is in heaven, you need to do something. First, you need to wipe the name of your mom in the plaque, then she will appear. You have sixty seconds to talk to her, then after sixty seconds, she will be back to heaven."

Jessica did as she was instructed. After wiping her mother's name from the plaque, she appeared within seconds. Jessica quickly hugged her.

"Jessica." She says, rubbing her head. "Reaper told me what happened. I'm so sorry."

"It's okay mom. It's not your fault. It's my fault that I died stupidly."

"It's okay, Jessica." Jessica's mother said. "I'm sorry if I haven't been talking with you the year of my death. That year was very bad luck for me. I got robbed, I lost my job. So much happened. Then I died on a bank because of a robbery."

"I understand mom. I really missed you mom. I really do."

Tears formed from the corner of her eyes, dripping down to her cheek and landing on her ghostly clothes.

"It's okay sweetie!" She wiped off her tears. "I'm here now, and we are together."

She hugged her one more time. "I love you." Jessica said before letting go of her. She returned back to her plaque, then disappeared.

Jessica went back and returned with the others. "Are you okay now?" Reaper asked her, patting her shoulder.

"Yeah." Jessica replied. "Thanks."

Brook there was really troubled. "I'm ready."

Whatever was gonna happen, it will be really hard for Brook.