Chapter three

Mckennah sat in the drawing room writing two letters. One for Damon and one for Klaus. When the time came she wouldn't be telling either of them that she was breaking the bond that had been holding them all hostage for the past two years.

She knew Klaus wouldn't have a problem with it, but Damon would most likely go on a rampage. Undoing the spell cast on them would mean risking losing her forever. It also meant choosing between dangerous and fun, and consistent and safe.

Bonnie walked in the drawing room with her huge grim bringing her out of her thoughts. " Okay so I've been looking through this and it mentions the specific spell that Damon had cast. "

" That's great! " Mckennah said excitedly. Bonnie gave a look. " It's not great? " She asked confused.

She shook her head. " It says the unlinking spell is in a different grim in our family's volumes. "

" Okay... " She said begging her to continue.

Bonnie sighed. " The particular grim belongs to my mom who left town when I was a kid. "

" Oh. " Mckennah said defeated.

She set the grim down. " Well I guess we were due for a reunion. How do you feel about asking the sheriff to help us find her? "

Bonnie had agreed that if Damon asked, she was there to help her find her mom. Nothing more, nothing less. Now all she hoped was for Elena to keep her trap shut.

So there they were in the kitchen at the boarding house searching through a pile of papers for Abby, Bonnie's mom.

" Los Alamitos? " Mckennah asked looking at the paper.

Bonnie shook her head. " Too old. "

" Honolulu? " She said hopefully.

She laughed. " I wish. How many of these are there? "

Mckennah showed her the huge stack of papers. " A lot. I asked the sheriff's office to pull up every single Abby Bennett in the country. "

" I know we haven't been able to really... Talk about what happened when I found out you were a vampire, but thank for helping me find her. I know we're doing it to break the bond but I might have never had the guts to do it alone. Thank you. "

She grabbed her hand and smiled. " All of that is water under the bridge Bonnie. I understand that you were in shock so no worries. I don't hold a grudge. "

" It's surreal. Having to track down a woman, who bailed on her own kid. " Bonnie said changing the subject.

Mckennah instantly felt bad for putting her through this. " If you don't want to see her we can find another way Bon. I don't want my problem to cause you the emotional pain that comes with seeing her again. "

" It was a Bennet spell that bound all of you together, that makes it a witch problem. So it does fall on me. I was bound to see my mother again sooner or later. "

Damon walked into the kitchen with a huge grin on his face. " Sooner. Abby Bennett Wilson, Monroe, North Carolina. Born in Mystic Falls Hospital, graduated at Mystic Falls High... blah blah blah. " Damon hands Bonnie a paper. " A little compulsion helps speed up the research process. "

Bonnie took a look at the paperwork. " This is her. "

" Yep. Road trip. I call shotgun. " Damon said looking at Mckennah.

She shook her head. " Yeah-No. "

He wiggled his eyebrows. " Want me to hang out in the back with you? "

" You're not coming, Damon. " She said sighing.

There was a little hurt in his eyes at her words. " Why? I'm the one who found her. "

Now she felt bad. She pulled him into the living room so he wouldn't upset Bonnie. " Okay, Damon. Look. Bonnie hasn't seen her mom in over 15 years. We don't need your snarky commentary narrating the experience. "

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Mckennah and Bonnie woke up bright and early to drive down to her moms. They had been going a few hours when she started getting nervous about seeing her.

" I just can't believe that I'm actually going to see her. Or meet her. Sort of. Since I don't really remember her. " She said.

Mckennah nodded. " I didn't stay around long enough to really know why she did what she did. You never really spoke about her. "

" What's to say? She left, never wrote, never called. Not even when my Grams died. Could we talk about you and Damon instead? " Bonnie asked keeping her eyes on the road.

She knew she's have to talk about it at some point. " I didn't come back to forgive him. I came back because Caroline was plotting against us. I can talk to you about it because it's your family spell. If me or Damon dies then all of us die. Our lives are bound to each other. She doesn't know that and I'll be damned if I'm taken out by the likes of her. "

She looked at Mckennah with a smirk. " Don't you miss him? "

" It doesn't matter if I miss him. He said he knew he was in love with me before we even met. If he really loves me why would he screw her? " She asked.

Bonnie didn't have anything to say to that. Just as well since her phone started ringing. " Oh... It's Stefan. I told him I'd call him as soon as I got the address. " She said answering and putting him on speaker phone.

" Where are you guys? "

She grinned stupidly at hearing his voice. Mckennah smiled to herself. The both deserved to be happy.

" We're about twenty minutes away. " She told him.

" I really wish you guys would have let me come. " He said with worry in his voice.

" Don't worry Stefan I'm here and I wont let anything happen to her. " She said hoping to calm his nerves.

" I'm worried about both of you. Lets be honest no one really knows Abby and there's no telling how strong her magic is. "

Mckennah knew he had a point. " We'll tread lightly I promise. "

They pulled up to a charming cottage like house that had beautiful flowers everywhere. Getting out they went up to the door and rang the bell. Mckennah knew Bonnie was nervous and she had every right to be.

" Hey there! " Came a deep voice.

They both jumped and looked over to the step to see a boy not too much older than they were. " We're looking for Abby Wilson. "

" She's not home. " He told them. " Is there anything I can do for you? "

Bonnie looked like she was in flight mode. " No that's okay we'll come back. "

Mckennah pulled her back and gave her a face. The boy looked at her and rubbed his chin. When he saw how they were looking at him he held his hands up.

" I'm sorry you just look really familiar. " He said.

Bonnie swayed a little. " Umm Abby's my mom. "

He looked shocked. " Oh. " He said and for a second he was silent. " Well I'm Jamie. " He said introducing himself.

He invited them in and offered them something to drink. They both refused since they told Stefan they'd tread lightly.

" Are you guys sure you don't want anything? We have fresh oj, coconut water, some mango guava something or other... " He said looking in the fridge.

Bonnie shook her head. " No we're good. "

" Cool. " He said.

" So are we like, related or something? ' Bonnie asked.

He laughed. " Oh nah. Abby's not my mom. She dated my old man back in the day. He was kind of a dead beat so when they broke up she took me in. "

Ouch. Mckennah felt so bad for Bonnie.

" She put me through school and didn't freak out when I totaled her car... Twice. " He said with some embarrassment.

Bonnie giggled a little. " She sounds... Great. "

The door opened and a woman called out. " Jamie? Whose car is out front? "

And there she was. Abby Bennet. Her eyes went straight to Bonnie.

" It's mine. " She said shakily standing up. " I'm Bonnie. "