The Singer and the Fan: A Brave New Love

Meeting the Family: Part Two

Ronald walks over to where Jo is standing.

"Where is she?" Jo questions her brother.

"She's sitting on the patio and...and she wants to speak with you."

Jo shakes her head up and down and take a deep breathe before moving.

Ronald pats her on the shoulder and walks away to the table he was sitting at earlier.

Jo head towards the entrance of the tent before she is stopped by her fiancé.

"Babe...want me to come with you?"

Jo exhales deeply, "No. I got it baby."

The singer kisses the fans lips before heading towards the patio.

"Whew....uhhh, God...please help me get through this....and please let my mom be okay with this."

Jo says in her head as she gets closer and closer to her mother.

Mrs. Kathy is sitting in her wheel chair and looking at the pool.

Jo walks up to her and sits down on the lawn sofa that is across from her.

"Hey...Mother, plea-,"

"Just stop it, Jo." Kathy waves her hand in her daughters face.

Jo instantly deflates as her mother shushes her.

"You know...when you were a little girl. I would always have this dream that I was at your wedding. You were standing at the front of the aisle waiting for your husband to walk down the aisle..."

Kathy pauses as she looks over to the pool before gathering her thoughts and continuing.

"I held on to that dream because you looked so happy standing there at the end of the aisle. You had the biggest smile on your face. It was lit up with such love and happiness."

Jo cleared her throat as she became a little choked up at the story.

"No matter how many times I had that dream. I never saw the person who was coming down the aisle to you. It always ended with you and that big smile of yours....now that I think about it...I've always wondered why it was you standing at the end of the aisle and not walking down it."

Kathy stops talking and sighs deeply.

"Mother...you have to believe me when I say..."

"Jo." Kathy says softly. Cutting her daughter off once again.

"Let me finish...okay?" The elder woman asks her baby girl.

"Sorry, Mother."

"As I was saying, I've always wondered why it was you at the end of the aisle and not walking down it...until today."

Jo looks at her mother with tears in her eyes.

"I think...I think somehow, God was showing me who you truly were back then. I was just so blinded by my own preconceptions of you and what I wanted for you that I didn't give you a chance to tell me what you wanted in life."

At this point, Jo is silently crying as she listens to her mother's words.

"Your father and I always wanted you all to be happy. To work hard for what you want. And to never give up on your dreams. I think we...in a sense, allowed you to give up your dreams. Or who you truly was. I had my doubts about you, Jo. I always wondered why you never worked with whoever you was with...now I know."

"You were meant to be with that beautiful woman in there. I know I took it to heart when you broke the news but honestly...I think I've been waiting for you to tell me that this is who you really are for a long time now."