The Complete Legacy Series: Books 1 - 6 by Paula Kay

Author:Paula Kay [Kay, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Women's Fiction
Amazon: B0153HL7SS
Publisher: PKS Publishing
Published: 2015-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Blu was trying to clear her head, comfort Jemma, and figure out what to say to her mother all at once. She wasn’t going to leave the motel without letting her mother know that she’d seen her—that she knew everything, that it was over.

Jemma was still crying, looking like she was going to spring out of the car any second. She turned her tear-stained face towards Blu. “Who was that man? Can’t I go see my grandma now?”

Blu shook her head. “He’s no one—just a very bad guy. And no, Jemma, you can’t go over there.”

“But why?” She was sobbing. “We’re already here. Mom.”

“Jemma, you’re going to have to just listen to me.” Blu’s voice was stern—maybe the sternest she’d ever been with her daughter. “I’m going to go talk to her for a few minutes, and I need you to promise me that you’re going to stay in the car.”

Jemma was shaking her head. “No, I’m coming with you.”

“No!” Blu shouted. “You’re not.” She opened her door and bent down to look her in the eye. “Do as I say.” Jemma looked up at Blu, her eyes big. “Do you hear me?”

“Yes.” She turned away from her, putting her face back towards the window in defiance.

When Blu was confident that Jemma wasn’t going to follow her, she shut and locked all the car doors behind her, taking a deep breath as she quickly walked across the lawn to the door of her mother’s motel room. She rapped strong and loudly on the door, nothing prepared to say, but not worried in the least about finding the words. She was not prepared to hold anything back from her mother now. She was much too angry to be concerned with her feelings or how she was about to speak to her.

When her mother opened the door, looking surprised, Blu walked past her across the small room to get out of the path of Jemma’s vision from where she watched from the car.

“Blu. Hi. What—”

“What am I doing here?” Blu shouted, finally able to let out some of the pent-up rage she’d been feeling for the last several minutes in the car with Jemma.

Her mother looked genuinely shocked at her outburst, although she was already looking pretty disheveled from her own argument a few moments earlier.

“Yes, what’s the matter? Sit down. Let me get you a glass of water.” She started towards the small refrigerator in the corner of the room but Blu stopped her by reaching out to grab her by the arm.

“Don’t bother. I’m not staying long.” Her anger slipped out so easily in the words directed towards her mother. “I brought Jemma here to see you—we came to surprise you—”

Her mom’s face lit up at the mention of Jemma’s name. “Really? Where is she?”

Blu noticed her looking towards the windows trying to steal a peek.

“You’re not going to see her.”

Her mom looked at her, a big question in her eyes.

“I saw you—we saw you—with him—with Harold.” It disgusted her to even say his name.

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