I couldn’t shake those words from my mind, they replayed themselves so much that I got completely crazy, I mean I always had the impression of women being overly emotional, which fuelled my confusion even more, mother had never said those words before in her life, and especially if it had to do with a loss of a close family member, so this puzzled me. She was always as kind as possible, and she never gave grief towards any person, but I saw a different Persona of hers that day, she seemed more calmer than usual, I mean no parent is ever calm when dealing with three kids, but it seemed as though she was another woman which I had never met before.
And yet she addressed me the same way she always did, with a little smile on her face, not even a single tear in sight, she called my name, with the same voice, as sweet and clear as always, I had wanted to ask her many times about her unusual behaviour, yet words seem to get entangled on my throat every time, all I could say was, “ are u ok mom?”. And a simple smile creeped up on her face again, she told me that what had occurred was ‘inevitable’ all I could do right then was stare at her, and as much as I tried to make eye contact she avoided the chance of our eyes meeting under any circumstances, you could actually feel the tension between us whenever I got near her.
And at times I felt she knew that I saw what had happened to Uncle but then again, I don’t really know what I saw,...