For the Love of Vee
Copyright© 2025 by DB86
Chapter 19: YARON
When I got home, I found my mother sitting in the armchair in the living room. She was knitting a sweater. She looked up at me, but said nothing.
“She’s leaving,” I said. I was sure she could hear the pain and defeat in my voice.
She sighed and pressed her lips into a tight line. I noticed more wrinkles on her face than I remembered.
“You knew she would one day, Yaron.”
I smiled half-heartedly. I did know, I always had, but a part of me clung to the hope that it wouldn’t happen. Deep down, I thought our relationship would make her change her mind. That being together would become her new dream.
“I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to lose her.”
My mother nodded slowly and continued knitting. I liked watching her fingers, moving the needles with such precision.
“You can’t do anything, Yaron. It’s her decision to make, not yours.”
“I could make her change her mind.”
“Do you really want to crush that girl’s dreams just to keep her with you?”
“No ... I can’t do that,” I admitted, defeated. Vee’s dreams were what had kept her going through her hellish life with a smile and her spirit intact.
Mom smiled and gave me a short nod of approval.
“So, I do nothing...?”
“You support her and you are there for her if she needs you. That’s what true friends do.”
I opened my mouth, but Mom continued, “It will hurt for a long while. I know. But then time will pass and it’ll hurt less. Then, you’ll meet another girl and she’ll become a distant memory. That’s life.”
My mother’s voice was sweet, carrying the weight of wisdom from someone who had lived a lot, and knew love was more complicated than we often believe.
“What if...?” I swallowed. The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I didn’t dare say them aloud. I wasn’t that brave.
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