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Authors: Emmy Gatrell
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you can ascend the throne—”
“Wait! What? I am expected to choose a mate? Like right away, get married?”
“Once you do and you’re settled and have spent some time with your father, he can come back here.” Mom looked sad but calm and clearly wanted to hear that I was okay with all of this.
Mom had seventeen years to prepare for this moment—I’d only had one day. It was so unfair. I was fighting back tears and started to feel a tightening of my chest. I closed my eyes tight, wrapped my arms around my waist, and tried to regulate my breathing. I kept my eyes closed when Mom started talking again.
“Sarette, I am sorry this is such a shock. I have dreaded this day since I found out I was pregnant. Maybe we should have told you sooner, but we wanted you to have as much of a normal life as possible. I’m sorry that this is unfair, but it is what it is. I think that’s the real reason I didn’t tell you sooner, we can’t fight fate. I will no longer omit anything, Sarette. I’m excited to have my husband back. I would give anything if the three of us had just a little time together; but that can never happen. He will be able to come back to me once you and your mate become king and queen. Would I choose for you to get married at eighteen? No. But, I have no doubt you will find your mate once you reach Meanmna. I wish I could watch you fall in love.”
I opened my eyes and looked at my mother for what felt like the first time, heartbroken and happy all at the same time. I reached over and grabbed her hand.
Mom squeezed my hand and said, “I wish we had some choices in all of this, but we don’t. This is so much bigger than the three of us. I do not expect you to be completely okay with this situation. If there is anything I can answer for you, I will; do you have any questions right now? Or do you need to process?”
“I need to process.”
“Well, you can process, but we have a lot to do. Perhaps you shouldn’t see Elwin tomorrow for training. We need some gear for your journey. We could go in the morning. We can have breakfast in town then go to Cabela’s. We should be able to get almost everything there, and then we can grab lunch in Dundee. Also, you should see if you can push up the birthday date for tomorrow afternoon.”
“ Do you really think that’s necessary?” I said, hearing the pleading tone in my voice. “Our birthday is next Sunday , that’s only one week away. There’s no way I’ll be trained by then. Don’t you think I can wait to leave until after that?”
“ No. Sorry, honey, but I don’t. I can’t train you for anything, but I can shop, so that’s what we’ll do tomorrow.” Mom seemed unmoved by the enormous amount of emotional pain that was welling up inside me. “Text Mathew right away. You shouldn’t wait to say goodbye. You will have to leave when it’s time and not a second sooner or later.”
“ What about Mama? What am I going to say to her?” I felt the tears starting to trickle down my face.
“ I’ll take care of Mama. It’s my turn for family dinner tomorrow; we will break the news to her then.”
Our Sunday dinners were usually just the four of us, unless Mama brought a date, which was always a little awkward. I hoped this would not be one of those occasions. I could not imagine having to say goodbye to my family while a stranger was sitting at the table with us.
“ Dinner is at six, like normal,” Mom reminded me. “Why don’t you see if Elwin would like to come? Perhaps a demonstration or two will help with the non-believers among us. I think I’m going to leave you to process.”
Mom smiled. I could see tears in her eyes as she kissed me on the head and gave me a big bear hug that I never wanted to end. She walked into her bedroom, shut the door behind her, and started sobbing. Choking back my own tears, I loaded the dishwasher and headed upstairs.
ELEVEN
I texted Mathew as soon as I got to my room:
Sarette: Need to push up
“Wait! What? I am expected to choose a mate? Like right away, get married?”
“Once you do and you’re settled and have spent some time with your father, he can come back here.” Mom looked sad but calm and clearly wanted to hear that I was okay with all of this.
Mom had seventeen years to prepare for this moment—I’d only had one day. It was so unfair. I was fighting back tears and started to feel a tightening of my chest. I closed my eyes tight, wrapped my arms around my waist, and tried to regulate my breathing. I kept my eyes closed when Mom started talking again.
“Sarette, I am sorry this is such a shock. I have dreaded this day since I found out I was pregnant. Maybe we should have told you sooner, but we wanted you to have as much of a normal life as possible. I’m sorry that this is unfair, but it is what it is. I think that’s the real reason I didn’t tell you sooner, we can’t fight fate. I will no longer omit anything, Sarette. I’m excited to have my husband back. I would give anything if the three of us had just a little time together; but that can never happen. He will be able to come back to me once you and your mate become king and queen. Would I choose for you to get married at eighteen? No. But, I have no doubt you will find your mate once you reach Meanmna. I wish I could watch you fall in love.”
I opened my eyes and looked at my mother for what felt like the first time, heartbroken and happy all at the same time. I reached over and grabbed her hand.
Mom squeezed my hand and said, “I wish we had some choices in all of this, but we don’t. This is so much bigger than the three of us. I do not expect you to be completely okay with this situation. If there is anything I can answer for you, I will; do you have any questions right now? Or do you need to process?”
“I need to process.”
“Well, you can process, but we have a lot to do. Perhaps you shouldn’t see Elwin tomorrow for training. We need some gear for your journey. We could go in the morning. We can have breakfast in town then go to Cabela’s. We should be able to get almost everything there, and then we can grab lunch in Dundee. Also, you should see if you can push up the birthday date for tomorrow afternoon.”
“ Do you really think that’s necessary?” I said, hearing the pleading tone in my voice. “Our birthday is next Sunday , that’s only one week away. There’s no way I’ll be trained by then. Don’t you think I can wait to leave until after that?”
“ No. Sorry, honey, but I don’t. I can’t train you for anything, but I can shop, so that’s what we’ll do tomorrow.” Mom seemed unmoved by the enormous amount of emotional pain that was welling up inside me. “Text Mathew right away. You shouldn’t wait to say goodbye. You will have to leave when it’s time and not a second sooner or later.”
“ What about Mama? What am I going to say to her?” I felt the tears starting to trickle down my face.
“ I’ll take care of Mama. It’s my turn for family dinner tomorrow; we will break the news to her then.”
Our Sunday dinners were usually just the four of us, unless Mama brought a date, which was always a little awkward. I hoped this would not be one of those occasions. I could not imagine having to say goodbye to my family while a stranger was sitting at the table with us.
“ Dinner is at six, like normal,” Mom reminded me. “Why don’t you see if Elwin would like to come? Perhaps a demonstration or two will help with the non-believers among us. I think I’m going to leave you to process.”
Mom smiled. I could see tears in her eyes as she kissed me on the head and gave me a big bear hug that I never wanted to end. She walked into her bedroom, shut the door behind her, and started sobbing. Choking back my own tears, I loaded the dishwasher and headed upstairs.
ELEVEN
I texted Mathew as soon as I got to my room:
Sarette: Need to push up
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