Mrs. Rose looked at me, "Jane, are you okay?"
I didn't answer her; I just walked out the door. I headed down the street at a slow pace. I ended up knocking on Michael's door. I continued to knock until the door was open. I looked up from the ground to meet Michael's eyes. He stood to the side and let me in. I walked over and sat on his couch. I stared at the floor and whispered, "She's dead."
Michael sat next to me, "Who's dead?"
I looked at him as tears flooded my eyes and ran down my cheeks. "Mom. My mother is dead."
He wrapped his arms around me and I broke down crying in his arms. I cried forever. I cried until there wasn't anything left to cry, and then I sat there sniffing.
Michael slowly rocked me back and forth holding me. When I couldn't cry anymore, I sat up and did my best to dry my eyes.
"I was going to call her the day after Mrs. Rose made me that pot roast, mom made awesome pot roast, but I forgot. Wally was talking about his mom today and it reminded me to call her. My grandma answered the phone. Grandma was rarely ever at mom's house. She said mom got in a car accident two days ago and, and, died, this morning."
"Baby, I'm so sorry."
I nodded. "If I had called her when I was going to I could have talked to her again. My mom's dead Michael." Silent tears started rolling down my cheeks again. He went to give me another hug, but I got up and walked over to Pablo who was laying in the chair watching us. He stood up to greet me I picked him up and held on to him as I cried again. Michael sat me back down on the couch. Pablo curled up in my lap as I begun to tell Michael all about my mom.
After I told him everything there was I looked at him and quietly said, "She's gone." I curled up in his arms and cried myself to sleep.
I woke in the familiar surroundings of Michael's spare room. I sighed remember the events of last night. If I were able to cry more, I would have. I walked into the living room and found Pablo in his chair. I scratched behind his ear as I looked around for
Michael. I saw a note on the kitchen table and wandered over to read it. It said:
"I had to do some things at my nook. You are more than welcome to stay there as long as you need to, come to the nook, or do whatever you need to do. I called Jean and told her what had happened. See you soon. �Michael"
I smiled, leaving the note on the table, and headed to the door. I went to the Inn and was glad Mr. And Mrs. Rose were not around. I didn't want to talk to anyone about anything right now. I walked to my room, grabbed my shower things and went and took the longest, hottest shower I could. When I was done I packed my things and sat on the bed. I called Wally and asked him to meet me at Michael's store. I then headed in that direction.
I opened the door to Michel's nook and listened to the soft bell against the door.