Chapter 9
Irina twisted and turned in her sleep. Memories of her ordeal invading her sleep.
She could feel the cold table underneath, the restraints holding her to the table. The pain splicing through her body as they broke her toes.
Sydney was sat in the opposite room, Vaughn close by, a bottle of wine emptied in front of them
"I just don't know what to do. Mom's suddenly back again. Every time I think I've confronted my feelings something happens that makes me question it."
"How do mean question it?"
"At some points I thinks I've come to understand the way she works and then something come along to rewrite what I feel. My mother turning up from the dead, helping me, just escape. Working with Dad, being tortured for me. But then I find out she had an affair and hid my sister from me."
"The thing is that you have to decide if you want her in your life. If you do, you have to look past what has happened and concentrate on the future."
"I've always wanted both of my parents in my life from the moment I thought Mom was dead. But knowing the truth about her, meeting her made me feel different. But there are moments I've had with her where I can see Laura. My mother. You see the only way I could compartlise this at the start was to think of them as two separate people. But Irina became someone I started to like. But you see I don't want to hurt Dad"
"Sydney's she's your mother. There's nothing he can do about that he has to understand if you want contact with her that it's not against him."
"Thanks for understanding what's going on. I do want to get involved with her, to have my family around me. Mom, Dad even Nadia.
Suddenly a scream was heard from the bedroom.
"SYDNEY!!"
Sydney ran into the bedroom and grabbed hold of her mother.
"It's okay, it's just a dream."
"It felt so real Sydney. I can't cope with this by myself"
"I'll be there for you Mom, I'm not going anywhere."