Taming The Mayor!

Back Home!

"I'm leaving tomorrow.", I announced to Grandma as I stood in the kitchen area, making her some chicken steaks.

"Okay!", She stated casually.

I knew she was dodging this topic and I also knew the exact reason.

"Well... So who's coming with me?", I said a bit cheerily placing down the steak on the pan and washing my hands out and drying them with the apron.

"I don't know. I'm not.", She said out clearly.

"Then I'm not leaving you here alone.", I told her back.

"Don't be stupid Amy. Your family's there.", She argued being the rational woman she was.

"You're also my family, I can't leave you alone.", I argued back.

"Who says you're leaving me alone? I have Hazel here. You're leaving her incharge of everything. Aren't you?", She asked me sitting on the kitchen table.

I flipped over the steaks and inserted a knife in the middle of check the rawness of the meat.

Dr. Chase recommended her to have only lean protein, so in order to motivate her, I had to survive on chicken and low fat protein source meat.

"I am leaving her in charge, but my mind won't be at ease with you here all by your own.", I told her taking out the steak out of the pan and placing it down on the plate and cutting it into two halves.

"Amy.... Don't worry about me. I've lived a time when there was no one, and my head was always on stake because of my son's sins. Now look at me I'm completely safe here. There's a guard, a chauffeur, the housekeepers, cooks. Who told you I was alone?", She reassured me with a smile.

"You'll still be away from me. Don't you want to visit mom's grave?", I asked the most sensitive question, yet I didn't bother to be afraid to ask her.

"That's why I don't want to come. I'm not prepared for this.", She said through a heavy voice.

"How long would it take you to be prepared?", I asked her with a voice full of concern.

"Just a little more time. What if I change my mind and just follow you up?", She offered with a smile.

"Then why not just come now?", I forced her.

"Amy.... Please. Not now.", With that she finished off the conversation without hearing my final word.

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Heading back home gave me a major nostalgia.

"I still don't get it... Your father's a billionaire and you're traveling on a local airline.", Hazel complained as I check in my luggage and took out my boarding pass.

"I'm still going on in a business class.", I told her with a smile.

"Yeah... But still... Nothing beats a private jet.", She argued.

"Dad's really busy with handling everyone around him and then I just thought it's better to travel on your own.", I told her as I passed down the security check and was going in for the final clearance. I turned around and stood facing her.

I wore a simple black turtle neck, followed by a pair of light blue jeans and long boots, given to the season, I was preparing myself for the warm Cherwood breeze. I even held down an extra coat in my arm, just in case because I hadn't seen much of a cold weather since Miami waves didn't let me.

"I'm going to miss you.", She said smiling lightly.

"Hey... I'm just going for a week or so. I'll be back soon.", I reassured her back with my smile.