Lyn Storm

"Good night Axel!" I shouted from my doorstep as he walked down the yard. He turned around and grinned back at me "Good night!!" He yelled back with a flying kiss.

I turned around and opened the door. As I closed the front door I grasped seeing my mom standing behind me.

"What happened mom?" I asked walking past her towards the kitchen. She turned around to face me. I rummaged through the cabinet in search of coffee beans. I could sense my mom boring holes on my back the whole time.

"What's the matter mom? Tell me what you want from me?" I asked placing the beans in the grinder on the kitchen counter. She walked towards me and placed both her hands on my face and started crying. I was confused and started panicking.
"Mom why are you crying suddenly?" I asked panicking. I took her to the couch and sat beside her. She started sobbing nonstop. I tried to figure out some reasons of her sudden outburst but nothing came.

"Mom tell me." I asked her pleadingly. She wiped her tears away and looked at me with guilt in her eyes.
"I couldn't be a great mother to you." This is the last words she said before she jumped off the couch and run up the stairs. After some moments her bedroom door shut with a loud bang and silence fell upon the house.

Clueless, I sat on the sofa, pondering what might have happened.  I stared blankly at the top of the stair.

I was left dumbfounded alone in an eerie silence. Why was she crying? Why did she say that she couldn't be a great mother to me? What was she hiding from me?
All this questions, cascading my thoughts, suffocated me and the last thing I knew I was outside mom's room banging on the door like a maniac. After minutes of loud banging mom opened the door. She was crying real hard I went inside and hugged her tightly. She hugged me back with equal force as if I'm going away from her.

I made her sit on the bed and asked her for explanation. She looked at me with guilt in her eyes and told me the reason. I tried not to cry when I heard her reason. I stood up and went out of her room and into the kitchen downstairs, to grab a glass of  water to calm my mind. I fell down on my knees, my whole world was torn apart.