Chapter 28


    Being in the first ss section in the ne was like a dreame true for her and she arrived in


    Florida earlier than she thought. She noticed some changes had been made in the city. She offered


    some bills to the taxi driver who took her from the airport and he thanked her before taking his


    leave. Ca stood still for a moment, looking at the home she grew up in. Memories of the old days


    flooded through her and she shook her head to clear it of the old memories. Taking a deep breath,


    she dragged her travelling box along with her and walked to the front porch slowly. She rang the


    doorbell and a few secondster, the door flew open, revealing Adele. Her eyes widened at the


    sight of Ca and she engulfed her in a tight hug.


    " Ca, you''re home! " She squealed in excitement.


    Ca smiled in satisfaction and let herself be engulfed in the warmth of the motherly hug. She drew


    back from the hug slowly after she realized the olddy had no intention of disengaging herself from


    the hug anytime soon. Adele did so reluctantly.


    " I''m d you''re back baby! How have you been? " Adele asked, her eyes shining with sheer


    happiness.


    " I''ve been doing pretty good, Adele " Ca replied warmly and added " How have you been doing


    too? "


    The olddy nodded " Yeah, I''m doing great, as you can see "


    " I''m d to hear that, where is Mom? " Ca asked anxiously, already changing the subject to why


    she was there.


    " She''s in her room,e on " Adele said quietly and preceded her inside, but not without helping


    her with the little she could carry. Ca followed her in, her mind on her Mom as she wondered just


    how bad was the sickness that it made Adele''s mood dampened the minute she asked about her


    Mom. She looked around the room, noticing nothing has really changed in her absence. Everything


    was still intact, the way it was in the old days. She let go of her big, travelling box and followed


    Adele who had gone so quiet that it was hard to imagine it was the same woman who had been so


    happy to see her. Ca listened to Adele''s footsteps padding softly on the stairs and remembered


    her childhood days when she had almost tripped on the same stairs. They got to her Mom''s room


    and Adele knocked softly, and ced her ear against the door to listen to Georgia''s response.


    Ca frowned " Why are you doing that? "


    Adele smiled tenderly " I have to make sure she gives me the permission toe in before I do,


    and these days, her voice seem to be getting low "


    Ca frowned the more, not understanding the whole thing " Why? I mean, can''t you hear her well?


    And since when must you have her permission before you go into her room? "


    " There are times when she liked to be alone and didn''t want to be disturbed or checked on, I think


    she''s not over your Dad yet " Adele replied


    " Oh " That was the only word she muttered as she waited patiently.


    Adele searched her face " Did you hear me at all, Ca? "


    " Of course I heard what you said, Adele, I don''t think she would ever get over Dad''s death fully "


    Ca muttered.


    " Okay let''s go in " Adele said abruptly and opened the door, motioning for Ca to go in before her.


    Ca went in slowly, her eyes on the frail woman on the bed. Georgia didn''t look in their direction,


    she just stared straight ahead, lost in her own world again.


    " Mom? " Ca called out softly and and Georgia finally gave them her attention.


    " My baby " Georgia said hoarsely and extended out her arms in which Ca flew into.


    " Oh my precious baby " Georgia croaked out and hugged Ca tighter.


    " Mom " Ca trembled slightly under her mom''s cold fingers. Why were her fingers so cold when


    the room was alive with warmth?


    Adele wiped the tear that had slid down her cheeks and went out, giving the family a privacy for


    their reunion.


    Ca disentangled herself from the hug and took her mother''s hands in hers, squeezing them


    tightly.


    " Mom? Why are you in the sick bed? What happened? " Ca asked anxiously.


    Georgia started to speak and when she finished, Ca realized it wasn''t a real sickness, she just


    missed the old days when her family was whole. She cheered up after seeing Ca and they talked


    like old friends, sharing someughs together until Adele came to tell them dinner was ready.


    " Should I bring yours up here? " Adele asked, directing her question to Georgia.


    Georgia shook her head with a smile " Nope, I''ll eat with you guys " Turning to Ca, she said "


    Help me up sweetheart "


    Ca did so happily and went downstairs together. Georgia seemed more lively than she had been


    in the past few days, all thanks to her daughter. Her fast recovery was a miracle, even to Adele and


    she pointed it out.


    She snorted " You should have made it known to me that you wanted to see your daughter, why did


    you have to pretend you were sick? "


    Georgia''s nostrils red " You olddy, I wasn''t pretending! I was sick for real! "


    Adele rolled her eyes " And the miraculous recovery? "


    " That''s because my daughter is here! " She replied, ring at Adele. .


    " It''s the same thing my dear, you should have said you wanted to see your daughter instead of you


    scaring me to death! " Adele eximed


    Ca thought it was time to butt in " Now now, youngdies. Let''s eat, shall we? "


    Both olddies exchanged a re and huffed before eating.


    " We have a lot to talk about, baby " Georgia said. By that statement, she knew it was about her


    marriage. This was the Mom she was familiar with, she mused.


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    " Okay Mom " She replied and focused on enjoying the homemade meal Adele prepared for them.