Bubbles of Madness - Walter 31

by Awatere11

So you have bene asking and so... you horrible people.. is has come. The flu that is not just the flu is about to hit the lovely village of Shangri-La making Ianto take drastic action even as others scoff that it is just the flu and everyone is being silly. We shall see.

30. Chapter 30

30

Jack had the kids in the back yard putting up the fairy lights for Christmas which was only a couple of weeks away now, the Christmas Parade to be this coming weekend. Ianto was so excited he could hardly breathe and he knew Jack felt the same. Shay's first Christmas and it was going to be a belter.

He was just contemplating how happy he was when he felt someone in the doorway, turning to find Chrystal there with a look of abject sorrow. He rushed to her "Chrys… what is it? If it's about Monkey… insurance has come through for the vehicle and we have got over it ya know."

"no I … my mother's lawyer is trying to contact me" she finally sighed, breaking the happy peace as Ianto felt himself go cold to his very core at the mention of That Woman. He stepped back and looked into her face as she continued "She has his flu thing and apparently it's not good. She wants to see me… to… reconcile or whatever."

He swallowed back his pure hatred. Something tasted fowl in the back of his throat as he asked "What do you want love? As much as I would like to shoot her in the head… she is your mother. If you do want a meeting we can sort that."

"I don't know"

"We can skype it in so you don't have to be physically there if that makes you feel safer about it or…. Or … John can drive you in there and we can sort out some sort of protocols for decontam…"

"No." she said loudly then sighed "I … I don't want to breathe the same air. Ya know? After what she did to me…. Oh god Ianto, what she did to you. No. Skype? Maybe… maybe I am strong enough now to tell her what she did was wrong, to get my peace."

"I think her idea is to make her peace with you."

"Well…. Tough luck with that. No. I never wanted to speak to her again but now… now I want to tell her of everything she missed out on, everything she will never be a part of and most importantly… that she is not my parent now. She is not my mother. She is my stalker, my tormentor and her death will bring me a greater peace than anything she has to say."

"I will talk to Tosh and Owen, set it all up and then be somewhere else. The mere thought of her voice …. Her presence in my village…. Even electronically… maybe I will go to the shooting range for a rare round of anger management."

"Thank you Ianto."

Ianto smiled and tried not to sigh too loudly. Jack was NOT going to like this either.