Book 20: Chapter 13
“Open up.”
“You open up first…”
To calm my nerves, I told myself, “Don’t worry. There’s nothing to be scared of. I’m an adult now. I’m no longer afraid of my mom… and… and… now that I think about it, I can’t think of anything that I did wrong… I just have another two. I can explain it. Mommy Vyvyan and Mommy Elizabeth can’t understand what I say, anyway. I just have to say they’re old classmates or old friends who came to hang out. That’ll work… I should be able to slip my way through this one…”
I shivered as I took my keys out. It took multiple attempts to insert the key into the hole. I thought I’d be welcomed with an aggressive scene, such as three mothers quietly sitting there, staring each other down and waiting to kill whoever dared to move… Or, Mommy Elizabeth and Mommy Vyvyan being unable to resist and attacking first… While I was cognizant Mommy Vyvyan and Mommy Elizabeth were sensitive about me, I didn’t think they’d kill someone in a place they didn’t understand… That was what I’d like to believe.
A part of me was concerned… If there was a third, I mean, a fourth mother, they wouldn’t hesitate to resort to hostility. I wouldn’t put it past them to try and kill my biological mom. Mommy Sylvanas was probably their bottom line. If more mothers continued to show up, the two of them wouldn’t be able to contain their frustration.
Opening the door was akin to opening Pandora’s Box or the door to hell… I looked inside, only to find the three more relaxed than I imagined. In fact, all of them had a can of beer in their hand and chatted merrily. It was harmonious beyond belief…
Thoughts began running through my head: “Why are the three so harmonious? Is my mom not worried about these two random women? Are Mommy Vyvyan and Mommy Elizabeth not suspicious of this fourth mom who randomly appeared?”
Sister Ning leaned her head over and curiously stole a glimpse. She quietly asked, “Something’s wrong… Why is it so quiet? Did nothing happen?”
“Mm… I agree that it’s unbelievably abnormal… but isn’t that something to celebrate?”