🌹R O S E III🌹

🌹CHAPTER TWENTY - FIVE🌹

The next day Alexander and I sit by the dining table eating breakfast. Last night we talked until midnight and then we went to sleep together in the same bed, all throughout the night he held my hand and he never let go and I never let go of him.

The doors open and my mom walks inside the dining room. "Morning, love birds" She says happily. She does look better than she has done before and over the weeks she has gotten better, like me. "Morning, what are you doing here?" I ask her.

It's unlike her to come here, but then again she has to check upon me every single day to make sure that I was all right and safe. "I come bearing gifts" She says as she sits down next to me and hands me a bag that she was holding on that I did not notice she had before.

I smile as I take the bag and open it. My jaw nearly drops open when I see my laptop in the bad. "Since now you're feeling better, I thought that it would be best if you'd finish your novel" She says and I smile at her. "I can't even count the times that I've read it and each time I did, I felt closer to you" She says.

I put the laptop on the dining table and welcome my mother into a hug with a smile on my face and water in my eyes. I remember that I had asked her to read it but I did not think she did and now she told me that she has read it so many times.

It makes me feel honored that she would read it. "I for one can't wait to read the ending" She whispers into my ear. "Thank you" I tell her within a smile. She doesn't know it but she has made my day much better than it had been and it had been pretty good so far.

"Please, eat with us" Alexander says and for a moment I had forgotten that he was even here at all as he had not even said a word since my mom came in here. "That was always the plan" She jokes as she starts to put food on a plate that she took, a plate that was meant for fruit but she took it for herself.

I lightly shake my head as we start eating and I'm so happy that my mom did bring my laptop. With everything going on I had forgotten about the fact that I was writing a novel before. Sure, it was in the time that I was betrayed and was feeling horrible about everything and everyone but I still have passion for it and I long to start writing again.

While eating my mom had taken my hand and held it tightly which I did not mind since I like holding her hand and after everything that had happened, I know she likes holding my hand. "I was planning on going shopping today, want to come with me?" She asks me as she looks at me.

I smile at her with a kind smile as I nod my head. "Nothing would make me happier" I tell her and she smiles at me. "Well, I can think of a thing or two" Alexander says with a smirk that makes us both glare at him with a playful glare. "Ah, yeah, and what is that?" I ask him, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Marrying me of course" He says and winks at me while I shake my head and rolling my eyes. He's still on that. "Shall we go?" I ask my mom who's laughing at us. I'm not even going to try to say something back to him, knowing that I would want to say something smart but I'm holding back my tongue.

"Yes, we shall" She says but I notice that she looks at Alexander with a look that I can't tell what is. We stand up and as much as I would like to go into our room to write right about now but I want to spend time with my mom. We haven't had much time to spend doing something fun.

Mainly all we do is being in the hospital and she's there for me when I'm in physical therapy as support and I love her so much for being with me through all of that. We walk out of the house and to her car that is parked out front. She has a driver now since she wants to spend time with me in then back seat.

"You know, that man is crazy about you" Mom says when the car starts. I know in my heart that she's correct about that, and I'm so grateful that after everything that has happened, he still stands by my side and loves me with all his heart. "And I'm crazy about him" I say with a smile on my face.

She takes my hand into hers. "Even when he's making you want to throw something at him?" She asks me and we share a laugh together. "Well, I suppose I would be crazy at him" I tell her and she laughs as she chuckles at me. "I believe that would be right but a quick warning. He will always stand by you, even when you're acting a bit crazy" She tells me.

She's correct about that, I know that Alexander will be there for me when I need him and in return I will be there for him when he needs me. And together we will stand with each other. That is what love makes you do. "We're not going shopping" She then says after a moment or two of silence.

I give her a confused look. "What?" I ask her, we're not going shopping? "Then what are we doing?" I ask. I honestly thought we were going to be going shopping. I did not come prepared at all as this was sort of sat minute kind of thing and I have no money so perhaps it's better that we are going shopping.

"I just said that so your fiancée would not send some of his bodyguards, though I do think they will be following us somehow and never tear their eyes off you" She tells me and I realize that she is right. Alexander is the type that would do that and after being shot he's going to have security measures that are beyond anything.

"And that is why we're going to ditch them" My mom then says and I look at her with widened eyes and a confused look. She has something planned and I want to know what it is. "So, you're not going to tell me where we're going?" I ask her and she shakes her head.

"That would ruin the surprise" She then adds as she laughs. I roll my eyes but I still hold her hand as I look outside the window to try to see where we are going. But, I think I've figured out that we're not going right away to the destination as she said that were trying to ditch whatever people Alexander sent.

"Mom?" I ask after a moment or two. She looks at me and nods. "Yes?" She asks me. "What did you think about my novel?" I ask her. It might not have been finished but there were a couple of parts that I did not like and wanted to be different.

She smiles at me sweetly. "It was beautifully written, brought tears in my eyes at some points. Have you come out with a name yet?" She asks me. I shake my head. She noticed that the novel that I'm writing doesn't have a title yet, I had thought about a couple of things that would be a title for it but none of it was right.

"It's harder to find a name on the novel than it is writing it" I tell her and she laughs a bit. "I'm sure you will figure it out soon" She tells me. "Reading it made me feel like I was much closer to you" She whispers to me as she holds my hand tighter and I allow her as I move closer to her and lean my head on her shoulder.

"I even read it a couple of times to you. Hoping that it would maybe wake you to hear the things that once were in your mind" She says to me. I feel the tears in my eyes but I don't allow them to fall down as I hold her hand in mine. "I can't be sure if I did hear it or not but if I did, I know that it would've been guided by the words and by the sound of your voice" I speak.

Perhaps I did hear or perhaps I did not but I can't remember a thing that happened when I was asleep, perhaps nothing happened to me but perhaps something did. I lean towards something did happen because I do have these feelings inside me about certain things without knowing where those feelings came from.

"Now, where are we going?" I ask her with a smile on my face. She rolls her eyes and smirks at me. "You're going to have to find out" My mom tells me and I playfully frown at her as I really want to know where we are going. Even after a year one thing hasn't changed and that is my mom always with her surprises.

She always does this, makes me wait for it to happen and she likes to see me anxiously waiting to see where we are going. "That's annoying" I say to myself but she only laughs at me and my words while I only frown but only a small one as the smile is also trying to break through.

"If I had a dollar for every time you'd ask me where we are going and including your childhood then I'd be a millionaire" She says and laughs. I roll my eyes. "You are a millionaire" I remind her as I look at her with raised eyebrows and she laughs.

"Yeah but I'll have more millions. To give to charity of course" She says and I smile at her. "But, I can tell you one thing, you're going to love this place" My mom says after a couple of seconds have passed. I laugh. I could love everything that mom would give me and take me to.

"You only making me hate this wait" I say. I have not a clue where we are going but I can't wait until we are there. However, spending time with my mom, even when we're in the car means everything to me and I know it means everything to her too.

Not once do our hands let go and while others might it it strange that I'm holding the hands of my mother but given everything that happened and how she has suffered for over a year and I can't allow her to suffer any longer and holding her hand might ease her suffering then I will gladly do it.

I also need this, I need to feel like this is real as I've been in a coma and I fear that I might still be in a coma. "The wait is actually not that bad, with the right company the wait can be quite fun" She tells me and I nod, agreeing with her. She is right.

And it was as if she heard my thoughts when she had said that. "Well, you won't have to wait too long since we're here" She then announces and I smile as I turn to look outside the window to see where we are and once my eyes land on it, my jaw drops open.