I shakily clutched the phone to my heart. Was this right? was this really happening? Ryder was getting grisly and he wanted a feed.
"I'll take him," said Winter softly. I knew that tears were running uncontrollably down my cheeks. Mom. Mother. Mommy.
Cancer.
Breast cancer.
"Miss Seasons? Hello?"
"Yes, yes, Richmond. Do carry on."
I could just imagine his stiff, pinched face trying to stifle a tear. He was always surprisingly close with mom.
"Please report to the Sunset Valley hospital asap. This may be the last time you see her-"
Suddenly I broke down. I cradled my cellphone in my hands. I was aware of Wisdom watching me from the corner of the room."Mom-"
"Wisdom, please, go. I-I need some time."
Wisdom walked straight out of the room, not angrily, but quite confused.
"Is mom okay?" Dawn asked Winter, who had watched from the sidelines.
"No. No, she isn't. And I don't think she will be in awhile."
-Richmond's POV-
I couldn't bear to tell April what I had really heard.
Her mother was dying.
I had loved her with all my heart.
I never regreted the night I made love to her, the night her silky brown mane caressed my shoulders. I loved her.
I had made her pregnant.
I didn't know she was pregnant.
I was sure that one of her daughters were mine.
I just didn't know who.
-Back to April's POV.-
I walked into mom's hospital room. It was dark and grungy. She looked terrible.
She saw me.
"April," she croaked.
"Don't yet up, mom-"
"No, no, I'm getting up."
She got up from the hospital bed. Her legs shaked furiously as she got up. I reached out to steady her but she brushed me off.
"I'm-I'm ok-"
She fell, her legs splayed out at an unnatural angle.
"Mom!" I cried, holding onto a thin strand of hope.
But I knew it was over.
After the funeral in Hidden Springs, Dawn and Candence came home with me.
"My challenge is going terribly, my mother dies...Nothings going well in my life." I said.
"Aw, don't be silly!" said Dawn.
Candence agreed.
A random woman walked past and mutterd to her sister, "Another one of those challenge moms. Such sluts."
That's when the sound of a hand hitting flesh echoed through the garden.
"Would you ever say that to a friend? Do you know that so many challenge moms are the nicest, sweetest people ever?"
She stuttered.
"I-I"
But Candence turned on her heels and gave me a swift hug.
"Now, I must go and Dawn must go home. See you later sweetie. And everything is gonna be fine, okay? Good. Remember, we can do it. No matter what, us challenge moms are there for you."
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