Let it be Us by Barbara Speak

Author:Barbara Speak [Speak, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

We walked down a cold, sterile hallway, passing room after room, enclosed by solid steel doors with card reader locks. The lower level of this building was completely opposite of where I was now. This was most definitely a hospital, only one built to trap people in. I continued to walk, trying to understand why my mother would choose to stay in a place like this voluntarily when the doctor stopped us.

"Do you need to take a minute?"

"No. I want to get this over with as soon as possible."

He slid his card through the reader and said, "This is a good thing you did by coming" before the door unlocked and was pushed open.

Sitting on the bed facing the window, I watched her body turn to face us. A cold chill rolled over me before every hair on my body stood on end, and I began to shake. I didn't move as her feet hit the floor. Or even when she started walking toward me. It wasn't until her hand reached for my cheek that I took a step back.

"Camille, why don't you give Arianna some space, please?"

She took a few steps back and just stared at me as if she was seeing me for the first time.

"You're absolutely perfect."

Her words cut like a knife. What did she expect me to say, thank you? Seriously?

She acted as if she hadn’t seen me in years.

"Will you come sit with me? I am so glad you’re actually here."

"I'm not here to be your best friend. If that's what you're trying to convince the doctor, you can stop now."

Shock followed by a gasp escaped her before she covered her face and began to cry.

"Are you kidding me?" I looked at the doctor. "Thank you for allowing me to see her, but I’m done..."

"Noo!" she began to beg. "Please don't go. I have so much to tell you. So many apologies. You need to understand why. Don't go now, please!"

"Why shouldn't I? You feel bad now? You should! You married a monster! You walked away from your eight-year-old daughter like she was nothing!"

"I gave her to you!"

"Are you serious? Does that make you feel like a better person because you handed over one child to another? I am eighteen years old! I shouldn't have to be raising a child! But don't you think for a second that you're going to take her from me, either. She's mine!"

"I know she is, she always has been, but I'm begging you to hear me out, because I promise you, it was not by choice that I did any of this!"

Hatred filled me. I hated this woman for everything she did, and hearing these excuses come out of her mouth made me hate her that much more.

"I think it would be a good idea if the two of you actually calmed down. I understand that both of you have a lot to say, but I want you to stop and listen for a second. Arianna, Camille asked

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