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Timothy - 43. Chapter 43
We arrived home about when we would have arrived if we had put in a full day at the plant. Walking into our house, Mom was waiting for us. Dad had called and told her everything, and I knew he would do that.
“Why didn’t you wait for us before heading home? Your dad called and told me you had the police there. I could have handled that situation better than the police.”
“No, you couldn’t. If Dad couldn’t handle it, you wouldn’t be able to handle it either. I didn’t want you there when she opened the letter from the court. You would be crying and couldn’t help. Mom, she is sick.”
“She isn’t sick.”
“Mom, she has a mental health condition. She is angry that she had to come home because she had no other place to go, Her friends didn’t want her around, or they would have offered her a place to stay. Her husband’s first marriage children didn’t want her, so she had to come home. The last place she wanted to be. When she was there, she ordered everyone to wait upon her. Has she ever helped you?”
“She was in mourning.”
“Mom, she was mourning the loss of unlimited income and not the loss of her husband. He has children from his first marriage who are close to retirement, and his daughter Ann Marie knew in College, is the youngest at 45.”
“She is my daughter, and I should have been there.”
“She is my sister and has hated me ever since I was born. She and Eva do not get along. She is selfish and is only concerned about herself. The only reason she is home is that it is the only place she has left. If it weren’t for you and dad, she’d be on the street.”
“You don’t understand her.”
“Mom, wake up. She uses you and Dad, and you need to face reality. If you don’t, she will use you until you become ill. The best place for her right now is where she is. If you want to go home, I’ll call Randy to come and get you. But you won’t be able to see her until I let her have visitors.”
Saying that I went to my room, I sent an email to Randy to come up on Friday night. Mom wants to go home.
Going back down to the kitchen. Stephen started to make coffee. I began to make dinner, and Aunt Clara told me she would prepare dinner. I didn’t see Mom.
“Where’s Mom?”
“She went to call your dad, and she wants him to come and get her. She’s angry for what you did.”
“What I did? I didn’t do anything but what was best for Ann Marie.”
I looked at Stephen, “Tim, while Aunt Clara makes dinner, let’s go to your study, and I’ll bring you up to date on the circuit board.”
I knew Stephen just wanted me to be alone with him so he could cool me down. Mom can’t accept that Ann Marie needs help.
‘Tim, I’m no psychiatrist. Do you think your mom is feeling a little guilty about the way Ann Marie is acting?”
“Why would she feel that way? Ann Marie was a spoiled brat. Wait, maybe that is it. Mom feels guilty because she feels she has contributed to Ann Marie’s attitude by the way she would give in to her whims. I don’t remember much when she was living at home. I do remember she would be mad when I was with Dad. One time when I was with Dad, he told me about a fishing trip we were planning on taking. He was going to show me how to fish. Ann Marie was listening. She asked Dad why he never took her fishing. Dad told her it was a man thing and she should be learning how to cook. Mom would teach her. Mom heard, she told Dad that he could have taken her fishing. Women like to fish also. Ann Marie looked at Dad, then looked at me. I remembered that look. It was the same look she gave me when I entered her room today,”
“Tim, don’t let her bother you once she sees that Ann Marie is settled. She’ll be okay.”
“I hope you are right. Let’s go and get a cup of coffee. We can help Aunt Clara with dinner.
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