Chapter 223 (1/2)

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at 19th of August 2019 12:35:07 PM

Chapter 223

”Well, that's a difficult situation,” said Stu, rubbing his chin thoughtfully .

Stella sat on the floor, leaning against the still warm oven, feeling drained . She had gone into far more detail then she had intended to, telling Stu about her mom .

”I think your best choice would be to sit down with your mom, and tell her what you just told me,” he said with a nod, before jumping up from the stool he was sitting on and heading for the pantry door .

”What?!” she exclaimed, on her feet and grabbing his arm .

”Stella, I have a lot to cook in the next twenty-four hours . You asked me for my advice and I gave it . While I could have told you to do any number of other things, your problems with your mom will not go away until you tell her what they are . You told me that she doesn't remember anything, so she won't be able to help you get over your issues unless you give her a chance . I believe that she is a really good person who will be horrified at what happened, and ask you what she can do to fix it . So, be prepared to have a solution to that when you go to her . Or don't . ”

Pulling free of her grasp, he moved into the pantry to start baking the cake for her wedding . When he stepped back out and looked around, she was gone .

x.x.xxX

Stella paced back and forth on the roof of her mother's house . It wasn't much bigger than the one she had grown up in . Glancing at the rising moon, she finally sighed . This was no way for her to act . She couldn't possibly be afraid of her mother?

Jumping down, she listened to her mother humming under her breath as she did something just inside, and knocked on the door . Why were her palms sweaty? This was ridiculous!

”Coming!” she heard, as her mother set something down and hurried to the door . ”Stella? Is there something wrong?”

”I need to talk to you,” she blurted out, before she could back down again . Stu said she needed to talk to her mom . Joseph had basically told her the same thing, but for some reason, Stu telling her made her realize she was acting like a coward about it, and the feelings of betrayal and anger were getting worse .

”Of course! Come on in,” she said, stepping back so Stella could come inside .

Glancing around, she couldn't help but compare it to the home she had grown up in, and the comparison made her grit her teeth .

”I know that you don't remember when I was young, or even that I am your daughter, but I need to talk to you about it, or I might do something I regret later,” said Stella, moving past the half sewn doll's clothing, that were being made by hand, rather than by magic, and sat in the corner on a stool by the fire .

”Alright, let me put my things away . Now that I don't need to sleep as much, I've been having to come up with something to do at night . ”