Your mother

"Mother that is what happened, that is every single thing that happened…" said Wura as she cried.

"Mother, imagine finally finding your husband for so long, and he does not remember you, imagine going on a long journey, knowing that it would end and dreading the truth" said Wura.

"Imagine being kept apart from your love just because of a stupid curse that you had nothing to do with?" asked Wura as she cried, she could not stop herself, she had just told her mother everything, everything from the beginning, as if keeping everything inside had caused her to finally go off the edge, she was broken on the inside, she could not take It all.

"Mother, I cannot take it, why me? Why me? Why does everything bad have to happen to me? Please tell me" said Wura as her eyes were red and Ireti just looked at her, she could not believe that Wura had been going through all of this, and she had told no one.

"Mother, I am tired of it all, I do not get why I have to suffer, and why because of me my family has to suffer, I am a horrible person" said Wura with tears in her eyes.

"No Wura, do not say that" said Ireti as she did not like seeing Wura like this.

"But it Is the truth mother… I am…" said Wura as she cried and Ireti felt the words that she was trying to say stuck in her throat.

"Wura…" called Ireti as Wura cried and Ireti did not even notice that tears had started to drop from her eyes as well.

"Wura" called Ireti as she started to cry and Wura looked at her.

"Wura do not say those things about yourself, never say all those horrible things about yourself" said Ireti.

"But nothing Wura" said Ireti as she wiped her tears but they kept on coming.

"Diwura, look at me" said Ireti as Wura looked at her.

"Wura, you are a strong woman… I… I… I am sorry if I have never told you that, but you are strong, much stronger than you know" said Ireti as she sniffed.

"You have always exceeded my expectations again and again, the things that I do not expect you to do, you do them, when you were little, I had not expected you to walk since I had accidentally dropped you, but past everything, you stood up and walked, and made sure to prove everyone wrong, the physicians, me, everyone" said Ireti as tears dropped from her eyes.

"Wura, I am proud to be your mother, you have made me so proud to be called your mother" said Ireti as Wura cried even more.

"I…I…" said Ireti as she could not say anymore words and she just hugged Wura tightly as she was crying.

"Oh mother…" said Wura as she cried even more, she had never expected to hear such words from her mother, she had never heard her mother speak to her so honestly before.

"Wura, I am very proud of you" said Ireti.

"I am sorry if I have not been the best mother you wanted, or if I have not been as emotional and loving as you would have wanted" said Ireti.

"It hurts me everyday not to connect with you on a deeper basis I… I cannot just do it, feeing, emotions have never been easy for me, especially expressing them, I am sorry that I could not be who you wanted me to be" said Ireti.

"No mother, you do not need to apologize for anything, I know, and I understand, just because you were tough did not mean that you do not love me" said Wura as she sniffed and Ireti sniffed.

"Mother, I love you just the way you are, you do not have to apologize for something you cannot change about yourself" said Wura.

"Oh Wura, thank you" said Ireti.

"No thank you mother, for always being there, for always being understanding in your own way" said Wura as she smiled and she broke their hug.

"Please do not cry mother, everything will be alright" said Wura as she smiled and she wiped her mother's tears away as Ireti laughed.

"I am supposed to be the one to tell you that" said Ireti as she laughed and Wura laughed.

"There is nothing wrong with showing some weakness sometimes mother, father always says that" said Wura with a smile as Ireti smiled.

"He does say that does he not?" asked Ireti with a smile.

"Your father Is a wonderful man, he loved someone as broken as me, and sometimes, I wish that I could love him more" said Ireti as she smiled.

"Mother, I know, he does not need you to love him more, he needs you to allow him love you more" said Wura as she smiled.

"You sound so much like him" said Ireti as she laughed and Wura laughed.

"What can I say mother, I love my father, but that does not make me love you any less" said Wura as she hugged her mother.

"I know Wura, I know" said Ireti with a smile.

"And you do not need to worry, everything will indeed be fine, your uncle will be vindicated, and your husband, he will return soon" said Ireti with a smile.

"Thank you mother, thank you" said Wura as she smiled, she had never felt so close to her mother as she did now.

She had always felt like there was a wall between she and her mother's relationship, and she understood that since her mother had a difficult past, and she never pushed her, but now, it seemed that they just needed to get to this level of understanding.

"Wura, you need to come and see your Aunt, you should not avoid her because you believe you are the cause of this, you are not the cause at all" said Ireti.

"Yes mother I know, but it is late now, I will see her tomorrow" said Wura.

"Alright Wura" said Ireti as she smiled and Wura smiled.

…

"My Queen, are you alright?" asked Nora as she saw that Wura had puffy eyes, as if she had been crying.

"I am fine Nora, really" said Wura as she sniffed and she smiled.

"But you have puffy red eyes my Queen" said Nora in worry.

"I just cried a bit, my mother and I had a long overdue conversation and I told her everything" said Wura with a smile as she climbed into bed.

"Everything?" asked Nora in surprise.

"Yes Nora, everything, I told her everything about Liam and the Yonder Realm" said Wura with a smile.

"And how did she take it my Queen?" asked Nora.

"She was very understanding Nora, I do not know, but right there and then, I just felt like telling her everything, and I did, and I just feel so much lighter not keeping everything to myself" said Wura with a smile as Nora smiled.

"I am glad that you feel that way my Queen, I knew that everything was just so overwhelming for you" said Nora as she smiled and Wura nodded.

"My Queen, Sir Mero asked me inform you that he is trying his best to find out where exactly Elder Foden got all his information from" said Nora.

"I know that he will find out the truth soon" said Wura as Nora nodded.

"I saw my uncle and well… it was just too much for me, there is just something so painful about seeing your beloved family member behind bars" said Wura as she sniffed.

"I can only imagine my Queen, it must have been so hard for you" said Nora.

"Oh it was Nora, and it was even worse when my uncle told me to stay out of the matter for the sake of my reputation, but I am not going to listen to him at all, I am going to make sure to do everything I can to help him" said Wura.

"I know that you will my Queen" said Nora with a smile.

"Nora, did you do what I asked you to do?" asked Wura as Nora nodded.

"Yes my Queen, I did, I gave the dungeon keeper the blankets, he accepted them gladly, he said that the dungeon usually got very cold during the night" said Nora.

"I knew it would be, it was already cold at noon, I could only imagine how freezing it would be at night time, and there is no fire there to keep them warm" said Wura as she sighed.

"My Queen, you need to rest now, today has been very stressful for you" said Nora.

"Oh Nora, tell me about it, I am so tired" said Wura as she yawned.

"Goodnight my Queen, rest well" said Nora with a smile as she bowed.

"Thank you Nora, really thank you, I will, and have a goodnight as well" said Wura as she smiled and Nora smiled and walked out of the room as Wura sighed in utter tiredness.