"Jesus fucking Christ, Braun, why is this so damn important to you?" Lina asked annoyed.
Her hazel eyes settled on his. She tried to look angry but there was more hurt in that look than anger. He watched his beautiful, honey blonde girlfriend, soon to be wife, and let out a sigh. She had asked him numerous times to let it go but he continued to bring it back up.
"I just don't want you to regret not having her at our wedding," he said.
"Like she regretted having me?" She asked.
"I'm sure she didn't. She loves you in her own way. How can she not? You're perfect. I love you," he said.
He pulled her into his arms and kissed the top of her head. Despite them being together for three years, he still hadn't met her mother. She didn't talk much about her mother. They had a bad fall out around six years ago and they hadn't spoken since.
"Lina," he said. "Talk to me, babe."
"She's a greedy bitch always trying to scam people out of money," she said.
"You've said that many times but that's all I know. What happened between the two of you?" He asked.
She shifted in his arms, cuddling up closer to him. He held on to her a little tighter. She needed the comfort, warmth and love he could give and he would never deny her any of it.
"She's so fucking naive too," she said.
"A naive scammer. That's new," he chuckled.
"She's not a scammer. She just demands money and gets mad if you don't give it to her," she said.
"So you denied her money?" He asked.
She took a few breaths and sighed.
"She fell in love with a Nigerian prince online," she said.
"Fucking Christ!" He shook his head.
"I told her over and over how that's one of the most famous online scams but she refused to believe me. They were in love and he had money. He was gonna move here and be with her and blah blah blah. He just needed some money because his assets were currently frozen do to whatever. I stopped listening at that point," she said.
She placed a hand on his chest and leaned her head on his shoulder. He continued to hold her. She clearly needed it.
"So she sent him money. Of course she did. She's a fucking idiot. And soon she was out of money but he still wanted more so she turned to me and asked for my money," she said. "She said, and I quote, why make all that money wrestling when you're not spending them? You're such a selfish, little bitch who only cares about your own happiness."
That angered him a bit. Lina was anything but selfish. She often bought something to eat or drink for homeless people. She donated money to shelters. She even had four adopted cats and an adopted rabbit. She always went out of her way to help people if she could.
"She told me to give her my money or get the fuck out of her life," she continued. "So I walked."
"Oh, babe," he kissed her forehead. "I'm so sorry to hear that. But maybe enough time has passed. Maybe you can reconcile after all these years."
He felt her tense up. He wasn't sure why he still pursued this. He wanted her to have the wedding of her dreams and he was scared she might look back on it with regret if she didn't at least try to reach out to her mother.
"Fine," she gave up. "You wanna meet her, let's go meet her then."
"Right now?" He asked.
"Why not?" She shrugged. "Let's get it over with."