You're the Only One by E.M. Abel

Author:E.M. Abel [Abel, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: E.M. Abel
Published: 2017-04-10T18:30:00+00:00

After Thanksgiving dinner, Brad, Cathy, and Sky insisted on cleaning up since I’d done most of the cooking. Uncle Ramon was back in his favorite spot on the couch as the Lions game played on the television, and my mom was sitting in her favorite recliner with a blanket over her legs.

“You need anything?” I asked her as I went to sit on the couch with my uncle.

“No, I’m fine.”

I could feel her watching me as I settled into my seat and started watching the game. I peered over at her. “What?”

“How is your music?”

“Okay, I guess. I’ve had a few gigs.”

“I heard you had a big show last month. At The Crow or something.”

I grinned. “The Phoenix.”

“That’s right, The Phoenix. Sky said it was a big deal.”

I shrugged. I had thought it was, but it hadn’t amounted to much.

“I’m always checking your YouTube channel since I don’t have you here to sing to me anymore.”

I chuckled. “What do you know about YouTube, Ma?”

“Oh, I do all that YouTubing. Have you heard of Pinterest?”

“Yeah.”

“Oh, I love that one!”

I grinned and shook my head in disbelief.

“Why don’t you sing for me?” she asked.

“You want me to?”

“It would make my day.”

That was all she needed to say. I got up and went back to the guest room to get my guitar. When I came back, my mom muted the television. Uncle Ramon didn’t care since he’d already fallen back to sleep.

“Any requests?” I asked, settling back down on the edge of the couch. I rested the guitar on my leg and strummed a few chords.

“No, just sing me something.”

I grinned to myself when I thought of a song. I started playing my guitar, smacking my hand on the wood between notes to make a drumbeat. She raised an eyebrow, trying to figure out what I was about to play, when I started singing 2Pac’s “Dear Mama.” She smiled and started bobbing her head to the beat. I used to sing it to her every Mother’s Day when I was a teen. It was the only 2Pac song she liked.

I started singing the chorus and looked at her as I told her how much I appreciated her. When I saw the tears in her eyes, I had to drop my gaze. I focused on keeping the rhythm of the song as 2Pac’s words spoke of a father who wasn’t there and a mother’s struggle to raise two kids on her own. As I continued, Sky, Cathy, and Brad came into the room to listen. I lifted my eyes back to my mother’s and finished singing the lyrics that so closely resembled our past. She kept smiling at me, even as she swiped tears from her cheeks.

My heart ached as the realization that I was losing her sank into my chest, and I had to fight back my own tears. When I finished, I smiled back at her, and everyone began to clap. Sky and Cathy were both sniffling and wiping their eyes.

“Sorry. I didn’t mean to make everyone cry.

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