Damon shut the bedroom door behind Kenzie and the twins. He then turned around and leaned against it. His eyes rested on his distraught wife.

"My mother is here?" Bonnie said to herself. She was sitting on the edge of the bed slowly rocking back and forth.

"Hey it's going to be okay" Damon said and walked over to her. He put his arm around her and hugged her close to him.

"What does she want. What is she even doing here?"

"Only Abigail can answer you that if you want to see her and whatever you decide on. I'm one hundred percent with you all the way." There was a big part of him hoping Bonnie will snap out of it and go down and confront Abigail with him by her side but he could see she was still too shocked by the news of her mother.

"I don't know what to do. I don't know Damon." Bonnie said as her eyes welled up with tears.

"Then do nothing. You are not ready for this and I hate to see you so upset. What you should do is take a nice long bath and try to relax get your strength back. I will go down and talk with Abigail."

Bonnie quickly looked up at him "and say what to her Damon?"

"Let's hear what she's got to say first." Damon said with a smirk. He kissed her quickly on the side of her head before he let go of her.

Bonnie wanted to call him back but her mind was clouded with shock and confusion.

…

Abigail was looking through family photos beautifully displayed on the glass stand in the living room. There was one particular photo of Bonnie with her husband and kids that touched something in her. A smiling happy Bonnie. She looked far from the baby she left behind with Sheila. She missed out on so much in her daughter's live. Abigail closed her eyes and swallowed hard. She was questioning her decision for coming here. Bonnie had every right to throw her out of her home. Abigail steeled herself with the last bit of energy she's got left in her.

"Can I help you?" Damon said behind her. He saw how the woman's body went stiff. His voice and sudden presence must have caught her off guard. Damon thought to himself.

But that was not true. Abigail heard the footsteps coming down the stairs even though the person tried not to make any noise. She turned around to face the man and recognized him as the man in all the photos with Bonnie and the kids. He must be …

"Damon Salvatore, Bonnie's husband and father of her kids and you must be Abigail." Damon said in a neutral voice.

"Yes, I'm Abigail Bennet. Is it possible to speak with Bonnie?"

"Bonnie is not feeling well Abigail I'm sure you can understand that taking in the fact that you left her as a baby. Why did you come back?" he said as he looked her up and down. She looked exhausted. Dark circles under her eyes. The colour of her clothes had long faded away.

"Lilly Salvatore was a beautiful woman. She was the light in Giuseppe's dark heart." Abigail said softly.

This caught Damon totally off guard. He walked to the window deep in thought and stared out in to the night. His mother's name being said to him for the first time in years stirred something in him that he buried inside of him a long time ago. "Did you come here to talk about Lillian?" Damon said hard. He didn't care how harsh he sounded but Abigail had no right speaking of Lillian.

"No, I'm sorry. I should take my leave." Abigail said in a weak voice.

Damon turned away from the window to look at her. "Looks like your good at leaving. Why did you come back or maybe I should ask why you left Bonnie?" Damon asked. His words dripped with sarcasm.

Abigail looked at him with sad big shiny eyes. Pain so evident on her face. "I will answer you on why I am back. I have nowhere to go, as for your question on why I left, that is for my daughter. I'm sorry for upsetting you, Bonnie and the kids. Take care Mister Salvatore."

There was something about Abigail that touched Damon. He knew that look in Abigail's eyes all to well. This was a battered woman broken down by the wrong choices in her life. He knows this. This was how his mother looked when Giuseppe was done with her.

"Abigail wait. It's late and this town is not safe anymore stay for the night we can talk tomorrow."

Tears rolled down her face as she looked at him. "Thank you, mister Salvatore."

"Call me Damon, Abigail. That's what my family calls me. Follow me." He said to Abigail as he walked out.

…

Bonnie was curled up on one of the soft comfy chairs outside on the balcony with a glass of red wine in her hand. The cool fresh air of the night was just what she needed to clear her mind.

Damon came back to the room and shut their bedroom door behind him. He took in a deep breath before he walked out on to the balcony to join her. "Your mother is sleeping in one of the guest bedrooms downstairs. I also gave her food and something to drink."

"That must have been a really good chat if she got you to do that." Bonnie said in a bitter voice.

"She's got nowhere to go Bonnie. I'm going to bed are you coming?" Damon said softly. There was so much that he wanted to say and ask Abigail. That's not how he imagine their conversation but there was something about Abigail that blocked him and now that his thinking about it, it was her eyes. Abigail's eyes when she said Lilly Salvatore was the light in Giuseppe's dark heart.

"After all these years she's got nowhere to go and now she's here under my roof sleeping in one of my rooms. My own mother." Bonnie said as tears rolled down her face. "I should throw her out right? I mean my life is fine I don't need her. I didn't need her then sure as hell don't need her now. I should have went down there and give her a piece of my mind."

Damon took her hand and squeezed it gently. "Babe, its late come to bed with me. Sleep will do us both good."

"I'm going to sit here for a while."

Damon got up from his chair and kissed her on her lips. "Don't stay out to late, okay? I love you. Always."

"Love you too." Bonnie said and kissed him. This time the kiss was passionate, gentle and tender.

…

"You leaving us, aren't you?"

"Damon one day you will understand why I have to."

"If there will be a one-day mother. Giuseppe will never let you leave. Your stuck just like us. If you leave, me and Stephen will have to face that monster alone but all you care about is your own happiness."

"I faced that monster for many years I can't anymore. I'm sorry Damon. My mind and body can't take it anymore. I am slowly dying every day I need to get out before its too late. I promise I will come back for you and Stephen."

"His going to kill you, please if you leave with me and Stephen, he will look for us but he will not kill us mother. If you leave with that man, he will hunt you down and kill you both. You heard him say that."

"Damon let go of my bag! I have to go I am so sorry. Michael and I will come back for you and Stephen until then stay strong."

"NO! MOTHER! LILLIAN!"

…