WORK IN PROGRESS River ~Chronicle Of The Spirits

26.

"What have I done?"

Right in front of me James gets scolded and screamed at by his mother for being the dirty son he is although he didn't do a thing!

And he does not get a chance to correct her.
He is standing there with crossed arms, head down and closed eyes.

She probably thinks he made out with me... An "underage".

"What should I do.... Seal care to help me, please?
Seal?"

The only thing I hear in the back of my head is the spirit's spiteful laugh.

"This is so funny! Like look! Pfff. GAHHAAH"

"What is all this screaming about?
Oh, hey James", says Isabelle appearing literally from nowhere while staring at her phone.

"And who is THIS? ANOTHER WOMAN?"

"Mom, please calm down"

"Why should I? You really want me to DIE RIGHT HERE, DON'T YOU? SHAME ON YOU!"

In a blink James eyes open and he has a really strict look on his face.

"Will you finally shut fu** up, Mom!?"

The mother gasps and anger filled her now widened eyes.

Silence filled the air accompanied with tension.

"James Mcfellen. Who do you think you are? Allowing yourself using these words!"

"Excuse me? Do you really need to ask your own freaking son who I am? Fine I will tell you! I am the son of Mary and John, who died when I was five.
I also am a grown man, who will turn 26 very soon and still is treated like a freaking kid by his own mother. Without even being allowed to say a thing or think on its own."

" You are the only thing I have left since your father died! Do you want to leave me, too?"

OK that's enough. I have to interfere.

" Excuse, madam. I am pretty sure this is a misunderstanding.
I wasn't able to properly introduce myself.
I am River Mecancy - "

And again silence.
Just plain silence.
The tension is gone.

" What!? Did you just say Mecancy? Our Supreme Elder's daughter? ", James's mother interupts me," Why didn't you say that earlier? "

I sigh.
It wouldn't make sense anyways to discuss this with her so let's skip that part.

"This doesn't matter now.
Just hear me out please. Your son saved me. And thanks to him our Supreme Elder Feycal got his long lost daughter back."
"What...? James... You?"

Finally she calmed down.
I take in a deep breath and relax my muscles which were tense the whole time.

I turn around to face James but he is... Not here anymore? I look into the darkness to see him walking towards the now visible exit... Because he used the light switch.

"Ehm James? Where are you going?"

"Leaving. If you need a ride I can take you with me. Isabelle will stay with mom.
Your clothes are with me. "

I turn to his mother who looks somewhat ashamed and exhausted.

"I am pretty sure that he still loves you. And he knows that you don't mean any harm to him.
I can imagine how hard it is for a parent to see when your only child is grown up. Especially when you are afraid of loosing him.
Besides.
Mothers tend to forget, that the umbilical cord gets separated by birth. "

I smile and lay my hand on he shoulder in a comforting manner.

Sensing her arms go around me hugging me tight I feel her tears running down her cheeks and touch my left cheek.

"Thank you...
I am so sorry. I didn't look at him. I lived with a memory of him being a child. And that's how I treated him the whole time."
She whispers trying to control her emotions.

"You are welcome. I bet you are a great mother."
She sighes and let me go.
Thanking me again I say goodbye and went to the door which Logan is holding open for me.