CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

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Fucking hell why is it so bright in here? Wherever here is

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Fucking hell why is it so bright in here? Wherever here is. Is this my personal hell? Oh my God it must be the guilt from that night with Seaman. Did I forget to switch on the lights that night? Watching too much Lucifer will do that to you.

Surely that must be why Satan is punishing me with this blinding light or this is God’s idea of whatever you do in dark will come to light?

As my feet move me closer to the light, I realize there’s someone ahead. A feminine figure I can’t make out because she’s sitting in the sand, facing the ocean.

The closer I get the clearer it becomes. “Mom?” I croak, almost in tears.

She turns to face me “Hey baby girl” I run and drop in her open arms. My uncontrollable tears fall on her shoulder “I’ve missed you so so much”

She pulls away, drying my tears using her hand. “I’ve missed you too Keilee. You’ve grown so big”

“Wait am I dead?”

“Yes and No. Although you have to go back it’s not your time yet”

“I just got here mom. I want to stay with you”

“Sweetheart you can’t. You have a whole life waiting for you”

“But you’re my life” I protest.

She pulls me into a side hug since we’re both facing the ocean now, our knees raised up to our chests. “I know Keilee but you have other people who care about you now.”

“They’ll do just fine without me” I argue, my head leaning on her shoulder.

“Kira and your dad can but will Darelle? Poor boy has been hooked to your arm like an arm candy”

“Of course he can mom. He was doing mostly fine before we met. He also has a girlfriend who cares about him.”

My mom chuckles “Oh my sweet child you have no idea”

“Mom please don’t make me go back. I’ve just found you again. I have a million things to tell you”

“I know all of them Keilee and I’m so proud of the woman you’ve become. Proud of every little step you’ve taken good or bad” I can hear the pride in her voice.

I’m so happy to hear those words come from her. Ten years I’ve yearned for those words and now that I’ve heard them, they overjoy me.

“By the way it was pretty shitty not leaving me under grandma’s care”

She laughs, that beautiful laugh I’ve missed so much I end up joining her. “Was it though? Look at how you and your father are doing so well. That was why I told you everything on my death bed. I didn’t want you to meet him without knowing everything.

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