Unconditional Love: A Mother's Gift

Forgive Me?

"Um...sure. Come in." Destiny said as she opened the door wider so Cecilia could walk in. Destiny motioned for Cecilia to follow her to the living room then she went to get Mathew.

Mathew was confused as to why Madison's mother wanted to talked to them. He thought she was going to cuss him out or something of that nature.

Mathew and Destiny took a seat in front of Cecilia. Cecilia didn't speak at first; she was trying to keep her emotions together before speaking.

"I'm sorry for coming over like this, but, there is something you need to know about my daughter." Cecilia said. "Madison...Madison isn't well. You see, my daughter has been suffering from mental illness since she was really young. We took her to doctors to help her and with medication and therapy she seemed to be doing better."
Cecilia stopped for a second then continued. "But now as an adult, she tends to stop taking her medication. It's been a roller coaster; she goes on her meds then she goes off. It's been that way since she turned eighteen and she was no longer living with her father and I. It seems to be that way now. I know about the affair she had with you Mathew and...I'm disappointed in her for sleeping with a married man. She even admitted that she knew you were drunk and she took advantage. After finding out she was pregnant, Madison had stopped taking her medication completely. She's been reckless and doing a lot of things that are very concerning. Madison has been drinking and smoking a lot. She's putting her health and her baby's health at risk. She even stopped going to her doctors appointments to check on the baby."

Mathew's eyes were wide and so were Destiny's. She couldn't believe a mother would risk her own baby's life like that. Destiny became very angry; Madison was blessed to be having a baby and actually going through a pregnancy, while here was Destiny, sure she wasn't perfect but if she were the one pregnant, she would be sure to keep herself healthy for her baby.

Cecilia continued. "A few days ago, she and I had an argument. I was trying to get her to go see her therapist and her OBGYN. She screamed for me to get out of her apartment. I haven't seen or talked to her since then. She wasn't answering any of my calls so today I went over to her apartment. I have an extra key; when I went in, she was no where to be found. But what I did find was very disturbing." Cecilia reached into her purse and took out her cell phone. She then gave it to Mathew to look at. "You can scroll down and you'll find more pictures like that."

One by one Destiny and Mathew looked at the photos on horror. In the photos were of Madison's apartment wall. On her wall was hundreds of photos of Destiny and her family.

"As you can see, Madison has become obsessed with Mathew. She wants you all for herself." Cecilia said with tears in her eyes. "I'm so scared for my daughter but also for you and your family. I don't know what she will do but I knew I had to say something. I found your address on some of the photos. By the way..." Cecilia reached into her purse and pulled out a photo. "who is this little girl?"

Destiny reached for the photo and burst into tears. "That's my baby sister." She said softly.
The photo showed Robin playing in the back yard with the words, take her to make them suffer.
Cecilia closed her eyes and let her tears fall. "You need to do whatever you can to protect her and yourselves. Madison plans on taking your baby sister. I can't fathom as to why she would do that."

Fear rushed through Destiny's body; Mathew held her close trying to comfort her.

"I already went to the police to turn her in but at this point they said they couldn't really do anything." Cecilia said. "I love my daughter but I do know she needs help before it's too late. Just please, stay on alert. Madison has gone missing and I don't know where she is."

Cecilia stayed for a few more minutes then she said her goodbyes. She told Mathew and Destiny that if she heard anything from Madison that she would let them know.