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Post by annabelle on Apr 12, 2010 13:18:34 GMT -5
"S-sorry...d-d-doesn't do a...whole lot now, does it?!"
She continued to cry, putting her head against her staff.
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Post by vincent on Apr 12, 2010 13:29:54 GMT -5
Vincent continued to watch her cry, he'd never seen her so broken before.
"...Annabelle. I know this has all been very hard, and I know what it's like to work hard for someone for years only to have them go on you like that. Honestly, I never knew. I was in the military with a man who had three children and he came home to find his entire family slaughtered by our enemies because of a base he'd infiltrated. I had to decide if I was willing to risk the same thing happen to my family or do something as heartbreaking as I did to save them. I tried, I didn't know a thing about what you did and it hurt all the years I was gone, I would have given anything to see Jasmine grow up. It hurt to find out that when I showed, Hala was killed..."
He took a cautious step forward as he continued, "I'm serious, my intentions were always for the best of my family. Reginald did horrible things to you and Hala and if I had known back then, I probably would have hunted him out and kicked the crap out of him if you'd only told me. I'm not him, Annabelle. I hurt my family too, but it was all for them. Please understand that, I never was out to hurt anyone, especially you and Hala."
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Post by annabelle on Apr 12, 2010 13:43:19 GMT -5
Annabelle noted Vincent stepping towards her. She looked up at him with her teary eyes and surprisingly, dropped her staff and stepped forward to him to embrace him in a tight hug.
"I didn't hate you, it just upset me to know you were still alive and that you did this on purpose. I thought instantly to Reginald, the stupid bastard took everything from me. I hate him. I hate him so much. He still has that ring I gave him so many years ago, I had gotten it from my own father and passed it on to him out of love...he never gave it back, it's all I have of my father..."
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Post by vincent on Apr 12, 2010 13:48:07 GMT -5
Vincent put his arms around Annabelle as well, patting her head as she continued to cry yet and told him about the ring.
"I never hated you either, you just confused the hell out of me when I met you again and you suddenly seemed to despise everything there was about me. It was confusing and angering, but I could never hate you. I love you, Mom," he said softly, "...what was his last name?"
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Post by annabelle on Apr 12, 2010 13:50:01 GMT -5
"Lockheart," Annabelle answered quietly, her sobs slowly subsiding, "....it's been a long time since you've called me 'Mom'."
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Post by vincent on Apr 12, 2010 13:51:30 GMT -5
Vincent smiled, taking note of this 'Reginald Lockheart'.
"It's been a long time since you've called me 'Son'."
And it was there that the two of them finally came to some kind of understanding, and repaired something that both of them had lost. Despite all the pain, it eased Vincent's heart knowing that he was still accepted as family in his mother-in-law's eyes.
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