Leah and Summer

Summer was a usual young woman twenty-eight years old, with a usual job. She lived with her mother Leah, who had cancer. Summer didn`t knew her father, all she knew was, that he lived a little time with Leah in Santa Carla, and his name was Dwayne Brown. And like, Leah he was Native American.

It was a Monday afternoon, when Leah called her daughter into her room, after Summer came back home from work.

"Summer, dear, I need to talk to you," Leah said. "I know, you don`t wanna hear this, but this are my last days alive, I feel it. And to be true, I`m tired of this cancer. My whole body hurts, and I wanna go, to get to a better place!"

Summer took her mother`s hand. "Mum, you will never know. Please don`t say this, it hurts so much!"

Leah watched her daughter for a little time, she saw the tears in her daughter`s eyes, and it was so hard for her to go on, but she had to.

"Darling," Leah went on. "I know that it is not easy, but we need to talk.

I want you to do me a favour. No, please listen first," she told Summer who tried to say something.

"Summer, I don`t want you to bury me at the graveyard, when I`m gone. I don`t want to be there." "Mum," Summer whispered. "No, darling, listen! Take my ashes to Santa Carla, and put it into the ocean. Promise, that you do that!"

"Mum, stop talking like this," the younger woman cried. "I would like to stop, but I can`t," her mother answered. "I want you to put my ashes into the ocean in Santa Carla, so that I may be close to him. And I want you to stay there too, I know that he will find you, he will take care of you. And Summer you don`t take your car, you will take the one he gave to me, I`m sure he will notice it. Promise that you do like I told you, promise!"

Summer jumped from her mother`s bed, tears running down her face. "I promise everything," she screamed. "I promise everything you want, but stop talking like this!"

Then the young woman left the room, ran down to the living room and turned her music on very loud. Crying she plopped down on the sofa.

When Summer had left, Leah took out her writing pad and an envelope. She always watched Santa Carlas webside, so she was informed what was going on there.

She had noticed, that not so many people went missing there, like it was years before. And she found Laddies adress. Laddies parents died a little time before, and everything they owned was left to their son.

She also knew, that Laddie had always a connection to Dwayne, so she was able now to send him a letter.

Leah wanted Dwayne to know, that their daghter would come to Santa Carla, and with the help of his friends he would find her, she was sure.

My beloved Dwayne,

I can`t tell you, how much I missed you. And everytime our kid asked for you was a hard time. She always thought, that you didn`t want her. It was cruel, that I couldn`t tell her the truth. Yes, Dwayne, we have a daughter, and like you asked me, I named her Summer, and that is exactly what she is.

I write this letter to you, because these are my last days in this world. I lay with cancer. My whole body is full of it and a mess of pain. I asked Summer to take my human ashes to Santa Carla to put it into the ocean, so I might be close to you and the boys. I told her to take the car you once gave me to get there, so it would be easy for you to notice, who she is.

I ask you to take care of her, and don`t let something bad happen to her, she is a good girl, and I`m sure you will love her. You are the only relative left for her now, without you she will be all alone, she doesn`t deserve it.

So please take care and watch out for the car. When you resive this letter, I`m sure Summer will already be there.

Please say Hello to the boys from me, and tell them, that I missed them.

Love you forever

Leah

After Leah finished the letter she put it into the envelope with Laddies adress.

She gave it to her carer the next morning and asked him to send it, two days after she had gone.

At the following Sunday, Summer made breakfast for her mother like usual, and brought it into her room. But when she tried to wake Leah, her skin was cold, and she was gone.

Summer collapsed tears running down her face. After a hour she called the doc, who took care for Leah since she wasn`t able to leave her bed. He told Summer that Leah had died in the early morning.