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CHAPTER SEVEN

Camilla thanked Lisa for her advice and drank by herself while Lisa tended to other customers. Camilla did really miss and needed her mom in her life.

Lisa came up to Camilla right before closing and Camilla was slipping on her jacket.

"Hey, Cami…do you need a job?"

"Really, really bad." Camilla told her.

"Well be here tomorrow night at 9." Lisa said winking at her.

"Thanks, Lisa."

"Welcome, sweetie."

Camilla walked out of the bar feeling a whole lot better. She went home and seen everyone asleep but her mother. Camilla sighed on the inside.

"Hi, honey…can we talk a bit?"

"Sure, wanna go out and smoke?"

Her mother nodded and they went out on the porch to smoke.

"I forgot how cold it is here." Her mom said zipping up her jacket.

"I can't believe you're actually back in Dutch." Camilla giggled.

"Yeah, it's weird but I also forgot how beautiful it is here."

Camilla looked at her mother shocked. She remember how bad her mother said she hated Dutch.

"What?" Her mom giggled. "It is."

"Yeah, it is."

"I've never told you how proud I am of you." She said looking at her daughter. "You've done so much more and been through so much in the last couple of years. I'm so sorry that I haven't been the best mother I could've been. I love you and you mean the world to me. I'm really happy to see you're happy here. I'm happy to see you connecting to your dad and granddad."

"Thanks, mom." Camilla told her with tears in her eyes. "You have no idea how long I've waited to hear you say that."

"Camilla, you're so much more that I could ever think about being." She smiled.

Camilla embraced her mom. They both giggled while wiping away tears.

Camilla and her mother sat outside for an hour and just caught up.

A COUPLE WEEKS LATER

Camilla was at the bar and there was hardly any customers there and she was just wiping off the counter when Jake came in.

"Hi." Cami smiled happily.

"Hi you." He smiled leaning over the bar to kiss her.

"You're back early."

"It didn't go as planned." He said with a shrug.

She knew by the look and tone of his voice that the trip didn't go well at all.

"Hey, you wanna get outta here?" He asked. "Go to Seattle with me?"

"Now?" I asked giving a regular another beer.

"Well today, tomorrow…"

"I get off in an hour." She told him. "Then I'll go with you."

He smiled and got up from his chair.

"Well I'll head over to your house and tell your family."

She just nodded and got back to work. Something had went wrong on their King Crab trip and it wasn't good. The bar's phone rang and Cami answered it.

"This is Camilla speaking."

"Cami, have you seen Jake?"

"Josh?" She asked. "Yeah, he just left…he's going over to my house."

He sighed.

"What's wrong, Josh?"

"It's been the worst season ever." He sighed again. "It's not the same without the old man."

"I totally understand." She told him. "I know I didn't know your dad but I'm pretty sure he wants you to keep moving forward. You and Jake both. You're gonna have your ups and downs. You've got to fight through it, I know you guys can bounce back. I have faith in you."

Camilla knew Josh was smiling on the other end.

"Well if Jake won't step up to the plate, I guess I will."

"Someone has to, right?"

"Exactly." He said alittle cheerier. "Thanks for the advice, Cam. I'll call Jake on his cell."

"Ok and if you need to talk more, I'm here for another hour."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye." Camilla smiled while hanging up and went back to serving the customers.

She went to Lisa's office when her shift was over and knocked on the door before walking in. Lisa looked up and smiled.

"What's up, Camilla?"

"Jake just came in and wanted me to go to Seattle with him." She told her boss "Is it ok if I take a few weeks off?"

"Sure." Lisa smiled. "We're pretty slow around here anyways."

"Thanks, Lisa." Camilla smiled. "I really owe you one."

"Just have a good time." Lisa said.

Camilla walked out of the bar and got into her SUV after getting her paycheck. She walked into the house to see her mom, grandfather and dad talking to Jake.

"I talked to Lisa and she said it was of if I took 2 weeks off." She told her boyfriend. "Let me go back and I'll be ready."

Jake nodded with a smile and continued to joke with her dad and grandfather. She was glad that she had someone who got along with her family for once. Her maternal grandparents didn't like any of her ex boyfriends and now that Camilla looked back, she couldn't say she blamed them. But Jake Harris was different. Camilla went down the hall to her room and started packing a duffel bag when her mother came in. Camilla rolled her eyes, seeing the look on her mother's face.

"What, mother?" She asked continuing to pack.

"You haven't been her but a month and you found a fisherman."

"So?"

"I told you that this was gonna happen." Her mom said sitting down on the bed. "I knew before you even moved here."

"What is the big damn deal?" Camilla asked frustrated. "You don't like him?"

"I didn't say that, Camilla."

"Then what are you getting at?"

"He's a fisherman." Her mother repeated.

"I've got that." Camilla said pausing from packing to look at her mother. "What's the deal with you and fishermen?"

"Your grandfather, my dad was a fisherman for a long time."

"So?"

"Mom and I never seen him. He was gone almost all year and mom couldn't take it, she was so depressed. It was like she didn't have a husband and I didn't have a father. Then the 2 months or so she was home, he wanted to party. That's when mom gave him an ultimatum. It was fishing or his family."

"I would never make him make that choice." Camilla said seriously. "Besides Jake and I just met. It's not like we're planning to settle down and have babies."

"Camilla, I'm just trying to tell you. I don't want to see you become just another fisherman's wide." Her mother said quietly. "I want the best for you. I don't want to see you raising a family alone and worrying about a husband who may or may not come home. When he did come home, he would either drink his money away or blow it on drugs."

"Mom, relax." Camilla said with a smile. "I know what I'm doing."

She wasn't about to tell her mom after that speech that Jake was a recovering addict. Not right now anyways. It would just add fuel to the fire.

"Mom, I'm going to Seattle for 2 weeks, it's not like we're running off to get married."

Camilla laughed and finished packing. Her mother got up and hugged her daughter.

"Well I'm gonna fly out with you guys." She said. "I'm going back to Alabama."

"What!" Camilla screamed. "You're going back to that bastard! I thought you were done with him, mom? You're criticizing me right now when you're doing pretty much the same damn thing."

"I love him."

"Oh bullshit!" Camilla continued to hell. "You just love the idea of being in love!"

Camilla was seeing red right now and if she wasn't her mother, she would probably put her fist in her face.

"I swear, mom." Camilla said calming down. "It's like I'm the mother and you're the child. It's always felt like that. I'm just glad I'm an adult now and don't have to worry about not only myself but you too."

"Camilla…."

"No, mom" She said cutting her off. "If you wanna go back, that's fine. You're gonna be unhappy like you've always been. I can't tell you what to do, I can only be here for you when you finally wise up. Plus I won't even say I told you so."

Her mother sighed and shook her head. Camilla was upset and there was nothing she could say right now that even mattered to her daughter. She knew what her daughter was saying was right but she didn't want to be lonely. She always felt like Camilla was wise beyond her years and she felt like the kid at times instead of the mother. She was just gonna go back to her husband and see if it works out.

"Camilla, I've got to try to make it work with him." She said. "I have to. If it doesn't, I'll be fine either way."

Camilla calmed down. She realized her mom just wanted to make her 2nd marriage work but she also realized that she never wanted to be like her mother.

"Ok." Camilla sighed. "I hope it works out."

Her mother smiled and hugged her daughter.

"Jake seems really great." Her mom said. "He seems to really have a thing for you."

"Yeah." Camilla blushed.

"OMG, you're falling for him."

"Am not." Oh great! Now I sound like a small child.

There was a knock on the door.

"Yeah?"

The door opened and it was Camilla's dad.

"Sorry to interrupt but it's time to head to the airport."

Both women nodded. Camilla hugged her grandpa and her father took her, her mother and Jake to the airport.

"Take care of my daughter, son." Lt. told Jake shaking his hand. "Or when you come back next season, me and my gun will be waiting."

"Yes, sir." Jake said seriously. "Gotcha."

"It was nice seeing you again." Camilla's mother told her ex husband embracing him.

"Yeah."

"I'll see you soon, daddy." Camilla said hugging her father."

"Ok, have fun."

They boarded the airplane and ended up in Anchorage. Jake and Camilla said goodbye to her mother as she waited on her flight to Dallas/Ft. Worth.

"Call me." Camilla said hugging her mom. "Good luck."

"Thanks baby. I love you."

"Love you too."

Camilla's mom hugged Jake as she watched them walk to the airplane that would take them to Seattle.