{"id":5942,"date":"2026-08-18T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:54:17","slug":"part-2-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=5942","title":{"rendered":"Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Part 2:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>I started wiping down the counter out of habit.<\/p>\n<p>Mom touched my wrist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything needs you to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not fixing anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She gave me a tired smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou usually are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then one Saturday, I accidentally left my phone at Mom\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>When I returned an hour later, I entered through the side door and heard voices coming from the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Raven was speaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou tell me every week to call my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know,\u201d Mom replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen call your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I froze.<\/p>\n<p>She meant Aunt Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>Mom and Elaine hadn\u2019t spoken in eleven years.<\/p>\n<p>Their relationship had collapsed after my grandmother became ill.<\/p>\n<p>Mom had handled most of Grandma\u2019s care and grew resentful because Elaine lived farther away and couldn\u2019t help as often.<\/p>\n<p>During one terrible argument, Elaine had said something that Mom never forgave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t help people because you\u2019re generous, Doris. You help them so they owe you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom told her to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Grandma died shortly afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Neither sister called the other again.<\/p>\n<p>Now Raven was challenging Mom about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou ask me every Saturday whether I\u2019ve called my mother,\u201d Raven said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why haven\u2019t you called Elaine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt simply is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Raven refused to let her escape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever tried?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI picked up the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd called her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raven paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you picked up the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I put it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t exactly following your own advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom laughed softly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raven\u2019s voice became gentler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why keep telling me to contact my mother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mom answered after a long silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause sometimes you can be right, Raven, or you can still have your family. Sometimes life doesn\u2019t let you have both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s pretty rich coming from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hand rested against the kitchen door.<\/p>\n<p>I could have walked in.<\/p>\n<p>I could have spoken Elaine\u2019s name and forced the entire subject into the open.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I quietly backed away.<\/p>\n<p>That evening, I wrote a message to Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw Mom today. I think she misses you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at it until my phone screen dimmed.<\/p>\n<p>Then I deleted it.<\/p>\n<p>Two months later, Mom suffered a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Tom met me outside her hospital room after the doctor came out.<\/p>\n<p>He pulled me against him.<\/p>\n<p>For one strange second, instinct took over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to call Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then reality returned.<\/p>\n<p>Mom was gone.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped back and opened my contacts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to call Elaine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She answered on the fifth ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaeve?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom died this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Then I heard her breathe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funeral is Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I can come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, I would have immediately said I understood.<\/p>\n<p>I would have ended the uncomfortable conversation.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI want you there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen don\u2019t promise. Just think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She didn\u2019t come.<\/p>\n<p>After the funeral, I stood at my desk staring at the brass key Raven had given me.<\/p>\n<p>Tom watched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to put it away?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my hand around it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m tired of protecting things instead of understanding them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We drove to Mom\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>I searched her desk.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Her sewing cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I went upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>Behind several folded blankets in her bedroom closet sat a wooden box.<\/p>\n<p>The brass key fit perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were dozens of envelopes.<\/p>\n<p>Every one was addressed to Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>Tom picked one up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleven years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wrote to her for eleven years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut never sent them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My phone was already in my hand.<\/p>\n<p>This time, I didn\u2019t let myself hesitate.<\/p>\n<p>I called Elaine.<\/p>\n<p>When she answered, I said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found something Mom spent eleven years hiding from both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine arrived the following afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Tom let her inside and then deliberately gave us privacy.<\/p>\n<p>I led her upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>The moment Elaine saw the envelopes spread across Mom\u2019s bed, she stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She walked closer and picked up one of the birthday cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a box too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA box of what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLetters to Doris. Christmas cards. Birthday cards. Things I wrote but never mailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine looked down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause every time I finished one, I imagined her sending it back unopened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I could hardly believe what I was hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the two of you spent eleven years writing to each other without ever actually speaking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her mouth tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I began sorting Mom\u2019s cards by year.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine watched me.<\/p>\n<p>Then she suddenly asked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you remember when I called you five years ago on Doris\u2019s birthday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou asked how she was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked whether she ever talked about me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I already knew what was coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you tell me, Maeve?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what I heard when you said that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard that my sister had forgotten me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAunt Elaine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it true?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was no easy answer anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She froze.<\/p>\n<p>Mom had spoken about Elaine often.<\/p>\n<p>She would see a sweater and say Elaine would love it.<\/p>\n<p>She remembered birthdays.<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned childhood stories.<\/p>\n<p>She missed her sister.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine swallowed hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I asked if she ever mentioned me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave you the easiest answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I was exhausted from feeling caught between you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t asking you to repair our relationship, Maeve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou let me believe she was finished with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine stared at the pile of cards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAunt Elaine\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She walked out.<\/p>\n<p>I remained sitting on Mom\u2019s bed for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I began returning the envelopes to the box.<\/p>\n<p>That was when I noticed one wedged beneath the fabric lining.<\/p>\n<p>It was sealed.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine\u2019s name was written across the front in Mom\u2019s handwriting.<\/p>\n<p>I could have opened it.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>That evening, I asked Raven to come over.<\/p>\n<p>She sat at Mom\u2019s kitchen table in the same chair where I had first seen her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you and Mom really become friends?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe insulted my book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite everything, I smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat definitely sounds like her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raven smiled too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started talking. I told her my mother and I weren\u2019t speaking because she hated that I left college to become a tattoo artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mom told you about Elaine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo she kept telling you to call your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you kept telling her to call Elaine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t she tell me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raven hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was embarrassed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d been telling her for years to contact Elaine. She kept refusing. Then someone she barely knew told her the same thing, and suddenly she wanted to try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raven leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaeve, your mother didn\u2019t choose me instead of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was simply less ashamed to admit she was frightened to someone who hadn\u2019t watched her spend years pretending she wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That stayed with me.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I drove to Elaine\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>Mom\u2019s sealed letter was inside my purse.<\/p>\n<p>When Elaine opened the door, her expression hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you I needed time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are you here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I held out the envelope.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found this after you left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared at her name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you read it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing left to repair between Doris and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cThere isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom died before either of you found the courage to speak. I can\u2019t change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That surprised her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came because I need to say something without defending myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My throat tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive years ago, when you asked whether Mom talked about you, I knew she did.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Part 3:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Elaine went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew she missed you. I gave you the easiest answer because I didn\u2019t want to deal with whatever might happen afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you lied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou let me believe she didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anger flashed across her face.<\/p>\n<p>For once, I didn\u2019t explain myself.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t try to soften what I had done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to forgive me,\u201d I said. \u201cBut I\u2019m finished pretending silence doesn\u2019t have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I placed Mom\u2019s envelope beside her door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis belongs to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Then I left without telling her whether she should read it.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks later, Elaine came to Mom\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>She sat across from me at the kitchen table.<\/p>\n<p>The wooden box rested beside her chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read the card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said she\u2019d wasted years waiting until she knew exactly what she wanted to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine stared into her coffee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she wrote that maybe waiting was the entire problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaine\u2019s voice softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe missed me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost reached for her hand but stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wrote almost exactly the same thing to her last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That evening, Raven sent me a message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally called my mom. We\u2019re having dinner tomorrow. Wish me luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I smiled and put my phone down.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine turned one of Mom\u2019s old cards between her fingers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what happens between us now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither do I.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019d like to see you again, if you want that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo pressure,\u201d I added. \u201cI think I\u2019ve spent enough time trying to control how everyone else fixes things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her expression softened.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about how jealous I had once been of Raven.<\/p>\n<p>A woman half my age.<\/p>\n<p>A stranger I believed had somehow taken my place in my mother\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>But Raven hadn\u2019t replaced me.<\/p>\n<p>She had simply known one part of Mom that I hadn\u2019t been invited to see.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe loving someone for an entire lifetime doesn\u2019t mean knowing every corner of them.<\/p>\n<p>Elaine picked up her coffee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCall me next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this time, I meant it.<\/p>\n<p>Because for once, instead of trying to repair everyone around me, I was finally ready to work on the person I could actually change.<\/p>\n<p>Myself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 2: I started wiping down the counter out of habit. 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