Moon Phased: The Triple Claim novel Chapter 43

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Raven’s POV

Tossing and turning for hours in my bed, too scared to close my eyes, because every time that I did, I would see those glowing red eyes of that monstrous creature staring back at me, as if he was intentionally haunting my dreams. Not able to take another second of the torture, I got out of bed and headed for the kitchen, thinking that a warm glass of milk might help to sooth away my distress.

As I pull the glass of milk from the microwave, I almost drop it when my grandmother appears, scaring me

half to death.

“You’re up late and, by the looks of things, you can’t sleep.” Her eyes then move from mine to the glass of milk in my hands, while she continues to say, “I used to make your mother a glass of warm milk on nights

like these.” Before she moved to a cabinet retrieving a jar of cookies and then moved to take a seat at the

kitchen table, as she motioned for me to join her.

“My mother always made me warm milk too. I guess that is where she got it from.”

A soft smile forms on my grandmother’s face, as she says to me, “It’s nice to hear that even though she

left, she still remembered me and the things we did together. I couldn’t give her much in life, but my heart

was full of love for her, and I tried every day to show her how much I loved her and how proud I was of her. Your mother did very well for herself, and I couldn’t be any prouder of her than I was. I just wish I could

have been more apart of not only her life, but your life too.”

“Then why didn’t you come to California to live with us when she asked you to?”

My grandmother shook her head as she looked away from me, looking around the house, as if she was trying to justify what she was about to say to me. “I know this place isn’t much, but I work so hard to keep it and the land in our family. My father built this house with his own hands, and my mother cooked dinner every night on that stove for us.”

Turning towards the living room, she then says, “Your mother took her first steps right there on that carpet.

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I could see her eyes beginning to tear up, as she wiped her hand across them, trying to hide her sadness from me, before she turned back to me and said, “I guess I couldn’t let go of the memories that brought joy to me. Over the years of sitting here alone in this house after your mother left, I began to realize that was all they were, and that I couldn’t physically be with any of them, but by the time I realized it, it was too late for me. I just wish I could have seen your mother one last time.”

I watched as my grandmother began to get choked up, as I realized the pain she must be feeling, losing her only child, and now having to live with her regrets that she can never take back.

Ever since I arrived here, I have tried to avoid her, not wanting to feel my own pain with what happened, but I never took into consideration the pain that she must be going through. I guess I just thought that the two of them weren’t close because they hadn’t seen each other in years, but from the looks of things that

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wasn’t the case, and I could see that my grandmother loved my mother dearly and that her pain was just

as grave as mine.

Reaching across the table, I placed my hand on her arm to comfort her, as I said to her, “You know it’s never too late to leave here. You can come back with me to California when I head back for college.”

A half–smile forms on her face, as she places her hand on the top of mine, while she begins to pat it,

before she says to me, “That is very kind of you, but my people are buried here, and my time is running out

in this world. I want my final days to be here, with the loving memories I hold dear to my heart, as they are

the only things left that bring me comfort. Plus, you never know Raven, you may make your own memories

here that keep you here.”

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