""Kendra, wake up! Breakfast is ready!"" Kendra lazily stretched and rolled again inside the bedsheets.She could hear steps coming up and door opening. ""Kendra, dear child, you will be late for school. Wake up.""
She just rolled deeper into sheets making the person chuckle. ""You little lazy imp. Come on. I made your favorite pancakes.""
Kendra opened sheets and jumped out of bed. ""Pancakes? Yay!""
She saw her mother smiling brightly at her. ""Little fool. Come, wash up and hurry. Or you won"t have time to eat them while they are nice... warm... fluffy..."" With a wink and teasing smile, her mother left the room and chuckled as she walked downstairs. ""That child surely loves her pancakes. I fear later on she will eat only pancakes.""
Kendra almost flew down in her uniform and with quick steps entered the kitchen. Swiftly she planted a kiss on her mother"s cheek and sat down to eat. ""Pancakes! I could eat them every day. Mother, why don"t you make them every day. It is not bad food.""
Her mother patted her head. ""Kendra, you know you have to be careful about your food intake. Your heart just got transplanted a couple of years ago. I wish I could feed you these things every day, but I am worried that...""
Kendra stood up and hugged her mother. ""I understand mom. I will eat only one, just to make my wish to pa.s.s. Thank you for making it for me.""
""Eat to your fill. It is fine if you eat something you desire from time to time. Even your doctor said it will be fine. Come, sit down and eat."" She pushed Kendra to her chair and smiled. ""Enjoy the food.""
Kendra understood her mother so she at all on her plate and smile brightly. ""Thank you, mother. ""But after seeing the time she jumped, took her back and was about to rush, but stopped and walked back. She hugged and kissed her one more time. ""Thank you, mom.""
As soon she left the house an uncomfortable feeling started spreading in her stomach. It churned so badly that she had to run to the sidestreet and suddenly puked. Everythings he ate for breakfast was out.
This was happening often before the operation, and now it started happening again. Last few days she would get heavy feeling whenever she ate anything. Her mother was worried all the time about her so she didn"t tell her. But if the situation becomes worse...
She knew that her mother already took so many loans to get the operation done. If she gets sick again, she will get even deeper. Kendra didn"t want that to happen.
She turned on the phone as she wished her mouth. On the other side, an old voice could be heard. ""Kendra, did you think about our offer?""
""I am accepting it under one condition. Before we meet I want my mother"s credits to be cleared completely. The procedure might stain my heart and I fear that foolish woman will take another set of loans. Even if we live tens of lives we won"t be able to pay it back."" She was honest with that person.
""So shall it be. But you can"t go back on your promise."" The voice became dangerously low.
""Why should I? You are giving me a chance to live a completely healthy life in a new environment. Like I promised I will do that. Can"t you give me one month"s time? Just one month so I can leave the mother with beautiful memories. She deserve sit. that way it will be a tad easier for her to accept my death."" She begged him.
""Good. You have some proper thoughts, we chose wisely. But after that month you must come."" The voice softened up.
""I promise."" The moment she said that the line was cut off and she weakly leaned on a nearby tree. ""Mother, this is all I can do for you. Please live good after I am gone.""
The day pa.s.sed quickly and when Kendra came back home she saw her mother sitting by the computer and writing the new novel. She didn"t want to disturb her so she tried slowly pa.s.sing her and going to bed.
""Stop right there, you little imp. You think you can go up?"" She turned around and smiled brightly towards her. ""What about my kiss?""
Kendra pouted. ""Mother, it"s about time you get a man. I am growing up as well, you know. The kissing I will do, but I think you need real kissies."" She winked at her mother that suddenly blushed and chuckled. ""I will go fist to change clothes and wash up. I had PT today so I am still feeling sticky. I did wash there but I would like to wash my hair as well.""
""Go, go... When you come down I have good news for you."" She smiled brightly as she pointed at the screen mysteriously.
Kendra rose her eyebrows and nodded. ""I will be done fast. Is there any food in the house?""
Her mother pointed at the table that was already ready for them. ""Food is done, I just waited for you.""
As soon Kendra rushed up she could feel her heart skipping a beat. It is getting worse. She quickly took out her hidden stack of medicine and took one pill then quickly washed up.
When she came down her mother waited for her with a victorious smile .."" Something amazing happened today. Come I want to show you.""
She could see bunch of papers in her mother"s hands. In a surprise, she stared at her mother. ""Do I have to read it all. Can"t you explain everything in short sentence.?"" The letters looked so long and she didn"t feel like reading it.
""This is not one letter is multiple letters. Look."" And it truly was.
""Then what is it about?"" She was still unwilling to read it.
""The one is about me finally getting approved about getting your father"s retirement money. And I had no idea we would get this much. The next is his insurance after accident. With only the two we can pay the loans back. But now something amazing came on top of that. I got a contract for my novel and will get enough money for us to live happily for a long long time."" She showed her different letters with a happy expression.
Yes. Happy. Mother worked three jobs at the same time and took a couple of days off as she felt weak lately form all the pressure. But now she looked like all the heavy weight fell off her shoulders and she was happy and free.
""In two days the summer break will start. What about we travel the country together. I always wanted to travel. Please. Hm?"" Kendra begged her with a pout and stary eyes.
Mother at first looked at her calmly but then smiled brightly. ""Of course, we will do that. Let"s travel.""
The two quickly made plans and sat down almost to midnight, talking about this and that.
In mid of night, Kendra woke up and slowly entered her mother"s room. Looking at her serene expressions he nodded. ""Thank you, Elder. This will give her some closure.""
She slowly closed the door and went to sleep, while her mother opened her eyes and smiled...