Cheyenne ran after her mom to the toilets. Reba was pacing the floor with a tissue in her hand.

"Are you okay, mom?" Cheyenne said almost without a breath.

"Cheyenne, what are you doing here?" Reba stopped and looked at her daughter.

"I'm asking a question, mom!"

Reba was leaning on a bathroom stall, inhaling and exhaling deeply, trying to stay calm and collected but obviously failing. Cheyenne was looking at her mother, slightly concerned. She gave her a hug. Reba felt her daughter's warm body pressing against her and she just gave in. Her tears were rolling down her cheeks and she didn't care. She needed to let go. All of her fears were making through her tears. She had to open her chain on her heart again, to feel this eternal love she had for Brock. Cheyenne let her mother cry for a few minutes, then gave her a tissue to wipe all her tears away.

"Well, ..." Reba choked up. Cheyenne hugged her again. Her mother never fell apart. Cheyenne hardly saw her mother cry. She was always strong and sassy, even if she was falling apart on the inside. She never showed any other emotions on the outside. Just her strength to pull through and survive anything coming at her.

"What's up with you and dad today, Mom?"

"What do you mean?" Reba finally answered.

"He was super attentive and he gave you this beautiful gift and you just ignored him and walked away? Now you are crying here like it's the end of the world."

"Oh, Cheyenne...I didn't ignore him. It brought a lot of memories and I needed to process this on my own"

"Yes, you did. He was actually really nice to you today, giving you all those little glances and lovey-dovey eyes at you...Did something happened between the two of you?"

"He did not. I don't know what did you see, but there were no "lovey-dovey glances" as you call it."

"Oh, Mom, stop pretending. You think if you ignore all these glances and intimate things he does to you, that they don't exist. I heard him last night and I know what he said; You should give him a chance, after all those years"

"You heard us last night?" Reba gasped.

"Yes, I did. I wanted a glass of water for Mikey because he was fussy and didn't wanna go back to sleep. I went downstairs and I heard Dad say that he is still very much in love with you and that he wants a chance to prove to you that he really changed..."

Reba sighed. "Oh Lord" Her eyes all glassy, still full of tears.

"He said that he doesn't remember anything... " Reba sobbed.

Cheyenne looked at her and said: "Oh Mom, I know you two love each other, I see all this love for him in your eyes. Just give him a chance, because we all know that you two have this love that is everlasting, and you need to stop worrying what will happen after you give in, to all these emotions I know you are feeling towards him. He's changed and you need to feel all this and be loved again. He bought you this cottage because he saw you were the happiest there and he wants that for you"

Cheyenne tightly hugged her mother and they both started to cry. Reba was shocked at all the words Cheyenne told her. All this wisdom from her little daughter, who was not little anymore, was making Reba cry and she felt proud at the same time. Cheyenne was growing to be a very good psychologist.

"Oh Cheyenne, my baby..." Cheyenne put her thumbs on her mother's cheeks and wiped all her mother's tears away and then all of her's.

"Cheyenne I don't wanna feel this good. This emotions and all those memories are bad for my soul. This is too good to be true. If I give in to him, I'm just waiting for an avalanche of bad things to happen and I'm reserved to just feel all the love and kindness he is giving me. I can't fall for this once again because every time I truly recognize the warmth of his touch, the pure need for me and my lust for him, at some point it all crashes down on us and I can't feel lost and vulnerable again. I built my guard up and walls for a reason and I can't give up and give in to him now. I was silent yesterday because he caught me off guard. I was drinking and I thought that he was not sincere because of all this alcohol, but then today and this beautiful gift he gave me...this is making me question why am I so restrained. I want to be loved by him and I still love him very much. I need to show him that, right?"

"Yes, mom. Don't be scared. Just go after him and make both of you very happy again. This family survived a lot and we need love again" Cheyenne kissed her mother on the cheek and took her hand in hers and they walked out of the toilet.

Reba was, at that moment, determined to show him what he meant to her. All her emotions packed in one tiny box, waiting to be shown again. They walked up to the table, Reba winked at Cheyenne and walked straight to Brock. He was standing beside Jake and they were watching some videos on his phone. She tapped his shoulder and when he straightened himself up to her she put her hands on his chest, looked him directly in his eyes full of love said "Thank you, I really love your gift" and kissed him with all the passion she had. She gave in to him and it felt good. All the worries she had, were washed away and she felt like he is hugging her heart again.

"You are my half too. I love you, Brock" she said almost without a breath and hugged him.

"Say that again, Reba" Brock said a little shocked, but smiling.

She laughed and said "I love you, you mo-ron"

The End :)