I also took mom’s hand and led her inside the house and had her sit on the sofa. I thanked the officers for their assistance after collecting a plastic bag with mom’s stuff and locked the gate and doors.
I did not ask or say anything to mom who was sitting red faced with shame. I served her water to drink which is when I realised that mom was stinking booze and something else.
I placed my hand on her shoulder while sitting beside her. She put her head on my shoulder and burst out crying. I consoled her without asking anything and then took her to the bathroom.
I let her have her bath while I prepared her bed in the living room where she had been sleeping off late. I made sure dad kept his emotions under control and did not say a word.
Mom came to the hall after changing into her nighty. She was about to say something when I stopped her, I asked “do you want to eat something mom”? Mom nodded no.
Again she wanted to say something, I stopped her and said “Please take rest mom, we can talk in the morning”. All of us retired to our respective beds in an awkward silence and drifted to sleep.
Tonight me and dad did not have our usual sex, instead I had to comfort him to sleep because of the mixed emotions running thru everyone’s minds. Next morning, I woke up by my usual 5am while dad was still sleeping.
I got fresh and went out to the hall where I found mom sitting on her bed sobbing with her bead buried between her knees. I saw from the condition of the bedsheets that mom had barely slept.
I went and prepared coffee for her and then sat down with her. Mom looked up at me with swollen eyes due to crying. She managed to only whisper “what happened and how did I get here”?
To be continued….
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