Sara dropped Lindsay off back at the lab to wait for her mother to come back. She didn't need to wait long. Catherine had convinced Nick to take over so she could get back to her daughter. She felt truly awful for doing this to her after she went to so much effort. Their relationship had been strained lately and the one chance Lindsay gave her to make it right she screwed up. She expected to find her office empty when she got back, expecting that Lindsay had stormed off and was in all sorts of trouble.
What she didn't expect was to find Lindsay Willows sound asleep on the couch in her office. It reminded Catherine of when her daughter was only a little girl. They spent time together baking cookies and shopping, not like now when the very little time their schedules clashed they argued like an old married couple.
Lindsay woke as soon as her mother entered the room. She could tell from the look on her mothers face that she was painfully sorry. The teenager rose from the couch and walked over to where her mother stood. Catherine braced herself for another fight and prepared to beg forgiveness. She was completely taken aback when her daughter held her tight in a hug.
The embrace lasted forever in Catherine's mind. It had been years since Lindsay allowed her mother to hold her, but even she could admit it felt nice to feel close to her mom again.
Catherine began to cry loudly against her daughter's shoulder, and this encouraged Lindsay to start.
'I'm so sorry Lindsay. I haven't been a good mother to you lately, but that will change I promise.'
'No mom. I'm sorry. I haven't been a good daughter. But I just want you to know that I miss you so much. And I'm going to make up for tonight the next night you are off.'
Catherine smiled at the thought that her Lindsay wanted to try again at a Mother's day. The entire evening, Catherine feared her daughter would run away, or never speak to her again, or rebel in an even worse way she already had been doing.
She wasn't sure what brought on this change in her child, but she was glad of it. It was like having her old Lindsay back, before the fights and the conflict. Lindsay silently thanked Sara for showing her the true importance her mothers love provided her with. She only had two more years of this before she would be off to college and beginning her own life. She felt she owed her mom those two years, but to reassure her that Lindsay will be okay by herself. That she could be responsible and trusted. That she would come back to her mom if she needed her. Catherine knew that finally the rebellious teenage years were over and a new stage of motherhood was just beginning.
Letting Lindsay go would be the hardest step yet.
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