Alyssa's POV

My mom arrived just in time when I had prepared my little talk in my head.
She walked over to me and hugged me a bit too tight. "I'm sorry Alyssa"
I knew why she was apologizing and truthfully I was very mad at her. I was mad at her for being too hard on herself and I was mad at her for turning to alcohol. I always wanted to scream at her to quit drinking each time she gets close to me but I knew I'd be rude so I kept brushing it off like it was nothing. She was once an alcoholic before she got married to my dad and she was then saved but now he was gone so I could feel her pain. Although I planned to speak to her about it now was not the right time.

"It's okay mom don't be too hard on yourself"
She was already crying and that was the last thing I needed her to do right now. "No Alyssa, I've been nothing but selfish"

"Mom it's okay I promise I'm fine"
She was still sobbing and before she could go on with her apologies i stopped her. "When's dad's funeral I want to be there"

"I don't know Alyssa...it could be too hard for you"
Yeah right

"Mom I'm serious" I said, he's my family too" I added making it less hurtful coz I knew my mom could break down any minute.

"I don't know Alyssa I'll have to be granted the permission maybe from Louis or any other doctor"
She couldn't be serious...

"No mom. This is family business and I'm coming with you"
Even though that wasn't how I expected my little speech to go i couldn't let her choose some foreign species especially Louis above me.
My mom was giving me that did-you-just-snap-at-me face when her phone rang.
She picked up the phone and her expression changed immediately..please be good news..
"I'm sorry I forgot I'll be right there"
My confused expression was made clear with a frown. She was leaving already.

"I'm sorry dear. I have an appointment with Louis I gotta go" she faked a smile and left me without giving me a chance to protest even a little.

Since when did Louis start having appointment with patient's parents and why did he pick my mom to have his so called appointment. Why now?
If we made physical contact it would've been way easier to know what he was up to but he kept his distance and now I was close to clueless.

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I rushed to Louis' office. I always failed everyone and I clearly didn't want that to happen again. Though this appointment was quite strange but it wouldn't bite besides he was the one taking care of my daughter. I had to make up for them and going for this appointment was certainly going to help me. I had to lock up my emotions somewhere before I hurt myself and Alyssa more. I was already a bad mom and I needed to fix things. Speaking of Alyssa I had noticed a great change in her but I couldn't figure it out partly because it looked like she was hiding stuffs away from it and if she was she did it real good.

I made my way into Louis' office without knocking and realized when I already entered and he saw me. "I'm sorry I was just...lost"
Way to go with my excuse ..
"Please sit..that's not a problem at all"
"thanks", I murmured and sat then I felt weird immediately. I looked up and I met Louis' eyes. He was staring as though he was waiting for something to happen.

"Uhm..aheeem..you called for an appointment"

"Oh yeah...mm...you do know why you're here right"

"No I don't"

"I want to help you with your problems Mrs Wilson and I need you to agree with me that you need my help"

I wanted to ask him what he meant by that but I couldn't. But why?

Instead I felt myself nodding and he smiled at me. "Good let's begin with your name"

And just like that without any complains I answered, "Mary David Wilson"

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Louis' P.O.V

She had given in easily and I was happy for it. This spell barely worked for many...
I smiled. "You really are a strong woman Mary and I'd like to show you something even better. Come with me"
I was glad she was following me without any questions and I almost laugh at that thought....she can't ask me anything of course...

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Alyssa's P. O.V

I had been pressing my ear against the door for about thirty minutes and I barely heard what they were saying. For all I knew Louis was asking her too many personal questions and she was answering without questioning back unlike her.

I tried reading something from the door but nothing seemed to be very wrong. But you know instinct and assumptions, that's what I was working on now and it told me nothing good was going on in there. There were whispering and it made me want to burst inside the room and strangle Louis but I knew that will be extremely stupid of me so I stayed put still pressing my ears against the door.

Then I heard shuffling of feet then the chairs moved and for a second I almost ran away thinking they were done with their 'appointment' but instead their footsteps became fainter and soon I heard nothing. That wasn't a very good sign. I wanted to follow them but someone was coming probably to his office or one of the nearby offices and seeing just me in the almost quiet hall will be creepy so I reluctantly sped to my ward trying to be as quiet as possible and also praying silently that my mom will be okay.

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Louis' P. O. V
I got into the black family room and lit the spell fire.
I looked back at Mary and she swallowed hard. Even under a spell anyone would still be afraid of the fire. It was reddish and extremely smoky. "Are you sure you want me help?" I smirked and she nodded quickly. She didn't have a choice anyway.

"Listen attentively to what I have to tell you. If you want to forget all your sorrows, every single thing bothering you walk on this fire to the end where it stops and never I repeat never look back"

I motioned her to start walking and without a single complaint she began walking into the fire looking straight ahead. I smiled. Little did she know what she was doing. I followed her at the side of the fire watching her carefully.

Her walking soon changed to limping, it seemed like the fire had really burnt her leg.
She limped to the end rather impressively and I ran over to her my smirk still pasted on my face.
"How do you feel now?"
"Really good."
She began to laugh sinisterly and who was I not to join her?

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