can’t get her way” I explained bluntly.
“I would still like to meet her, see for myself”
Most certainly like her mother, no matter what I said she would still do what she wanted.
“Fine” I relented, “But I’ll come with you, I don’t want you meeting her on your own”
She silently agreed and began eating her meal.
“What about you, don’t you have to go back to London?” I asked.
“I don’t have anything to go back for,” she said.
“What about your aunt, won’t she be worried about you?”
“I’ve spoken to her on the phone, she understands why I’m here”
“Good, so, what was it like for you growing up?” I asked intrigued by her life I knew nothing about.
“I was adopted when I was a week old, I don’t remember much about my adoptive parents but I do remember it was never kept a secret from me. My aunt raised me with her husband, I was always told when I was old enough they would help me find my biological parents but they didn’t have to as Mr Jones turned up at their house a few days after my sixteenth birthday and gave me more information I could have ever imagined. I read through it for weeks before deciding to come here”
“Does your aunt mind you being here, away from her on your own?”
I already didn’t like the thought of her being on her own anywhere and I’d only just met her.
“I didn’t really give her much choice, I want to know where I come from even if I don’t like what I find”
“Do you like what you have found so far?” I ask.
She genuinely smiled, it was the same smile I rarely received from Jas.
“Yes, your mum and Henry are really nice and I like Natalie, she has been to see me a few times. To be honest, you’re not what I was expecting you to be like” she laughed.
“What were you expecting?”
“I always thought when I did meet my parents, they would look older. You don’t look old enough to have a sixteen year old daughter,” she said, laughing again.
“I don’t feel old enough,” I laughed with her, “I have been meaning to ask you, why is your surname Collins if you were adopted?”
“As I told you, they never hid it from me, apparently keeping my mother’s name would help me feel myself as I would always have a link with her. They hyphened it with their name, Reed”
“Why do you think she never told you about me?” she asked , getting back to Jas.
I let out a heavy sigh before answering, I didn’t want her to hear the bad side of but in order to understand Jas, she had to know everything.
“She never felt she had anyone she could trust, her dad left when she was eight and she was the one who looked after her mother. I would have helped her if she had told me what she was going through but she was scared of being let down” I took a deep breath and continued, “The way her life was at the time, she struggled with everything. When she created Jasmine Enterprises she closed herself away completely. Everything you have read about her, her lifestyle, how successful she was, etc., it was all a façade of who she really was. She was a very sad woman who worked every day, even Christmas so she didn’t have to be on her own”
“Until she met you again” she observed.
The pain of knowing I was the happiest time in Jasmine’s life still depressed me yet made me happy at the same time.
“Yes, once I got past the walls she had built up and found out the truth about her illness, she was happy. I never left her side”
I coughed trying to hide the choking in my throat and pushed my plate away.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to up set you. I have enjoyed hearing about her but we can talk about something else if you like?”
“I’m fine, it’s hard talking about her after all this time that’s all. I will tell you everything you need to know about her, maybe not all at once” I smiled weakly.
“Fair enough. Let’s talk about something different,” she said finishing her meal.
She was really easy to
“I would still like to meet her, see for myself”
Most certainly like her mother, no matter what I said she would still do what she wanted.
“Fine” I relented, “But I’ll come with you, I don’t want you meeting her on your own”
She silently agreed and began eating her meal.
“What about you, don’t you have to go back to London?” I asked.
“I don’t have anything to go back for,” she said.
“What about your aunt, won’t she be worried about you?”
“I’ve spoken to her on the phone, she understands why I’m here”
“Good, so, what was it like for you growing up?” I asked intrigued by her life I knew nothing about.
“I was adopted when I was a week old, I don’t remember much about my adoptive parents but I do remember it was never kept a secret from me. My aunt raised me with her husband, I was always told when I was old enough they would help me find my biological parents but they didn’t have to as Mr Jones turned up at their house a few days after my sixteenth birthday and gave me more information I could have ever imagined. I read through it for weeks before deciding to come here”
“Does your aunt mind you being here, away from her on your own?”
I already didn’t like the thought of her being on her own anywhere and I’d only just met her.
“I didn’t really give her much choice, I want to know where I come from even if I don’t like what I find”
“Do you like what you have found so far?” I ask.
She genuinely smiled, it was the same smile I rarely received from Jas.
“Yes, your mum and Henry are really nice and I like Natalie, she has been to see me a few times. To be honest, you’re not what I was expecting you to be like” she laughed.
“What were you expecting?”
“I always thought when I did meet my parents, they would look older. You don’t look old enough to have a sixteen year old daughter,” she said, laughing again.
“I don’t feel old enough,” I laughed with her, “I have been meaning to ask you, why is your surname Collins if you were adopted?”
“As I told you, they never hid it from me, apparently keeping my mother’s name would help me feel myself as I would always have a link with her. They hyphened it with their name, Reed”
“Why do you think she never told you about me?” she asked , getting back to Jas.
I let out a heavy sigh before answering, I didn’t want her to hear the bad side of but in order to understand Jas, she had to know everything.
“She never felt she had anyone she could trust, her dad left when she was eight and she was the one who looked after her mother. I would have helped her if she had told me what she was going through but she was scared of being let down” I took a deep breath and continued, “The way her life was at the time, she struggled with everything. When she created Jasmine Enterprises she closed herself away completely. Everything you have read about her, her lifestyle, how successful she was, etc., it was all a façade of who she really was. She was a very sad woman who worked every day, even Christmas so she didn’t have to be on her own”
“Until she met you again” she observed.
The pain of knowing I was the happiest time in Jasmine’s life still depressed me yet made me happy at the same time.
“Yes, once I got past the walls she had built up and found out the truth about her illness, she was happy. I never left her side”
I coughed trying to hide the choking in my throat and pushed my plate away.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to up set you. I have enjoyed hearing about her but we can talk about something else if you like?”
“I’m fine, it’s hard talking about her after all this time that’s all. I will tell you everything you need to know about her, maybe not all at once” I smiled weakly.
“Fair enough. Let’s talk about something different,” she said finishing her meal.
She was really easy to
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