"What do you mean you are going to see her?" Ashley's mother exclaimed.
"It is soon to be dinner time!" she added. "What is the point of seeing her?" she asked mockingly.
Ashley stared at her mother. She tried hard to remain calm.
"What do you intend to do there? Hold her hand?" her mother continued sarcastically.
Ashley has never talked back to her mother and has always kept quiet at every sarcasm, mockery that she uttered towards her. But this time, Ashley felt her mother has gone too far.
"Yes! I am going to see her now and I am going to hold her hand because she is my grandma!" Ashley stormed out and slammed the door behind her.
As she drove to the hospital, tears kept rolling down her cheeks. Ashley thought about her grandmother who has been in the hospital for 2 weeks. Not once did her mother visit her. How could her mother be so cold hearted?
Ashley knew her mother had disliked her grandmother for a long time. She has seen how her mother treated her and talked badly about her. Ashley wasn't sure what it was that triggered it all or perhaps it was a build up of emotions from many years ago since her parents got married. But her grandmother was nearing 90 years old. Ever since Ashley was young, her grandmother was the one who cared for them, cooked delicious meals, cleaned and washed after them, while her mother went to work.
"Beep! Beep!" Ashley was startled from her thoughts. She looked to the front and the light was green. She quickly moved and turned into the hospital's entrance.
This is my first part entry to @Ozzyy 's Stories in Series contest which has been extended to September 19, 2020.
Lead image by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash.
Thanks for making this short, I'm now heading to part 2 😁