part 2 of yesterday's story, " I take solace in knowing that I'm not wanted." same rules apply as yesterday. long story. when you finish reading, plz rate this story on a 1-10 scale.be honest. thank you. -----
The paramedics found my mom in a cold sweat, eyes rolled back, and bleeding profusely. She was rushed to the hospital and kept for a few days in the mental ward. Jeff explained to the docs about the abortion and all the drinking, pills, and vomiting Camille had been doing the last few months. The dr. told Jeff had mom suffers from very bad depression on top of being bi-polar. He also mentioned that if would have been born, most likely mom would have suffered from post pardum depression due to all the overwhelming hormones mother was now being held hostage to because she is now in her 30's. Mother and Jeff would often take walks in and out of the hospital. Jeff would hold her tight and speak to her gently telling her gently that everything was going to be ok. Camille started taking anti-depressants while at the hospital. The day she "forgot" to take her pills, was the day she kinda went back to mania. As she strolled through the hospital corridors, she ended up in the maternity ward. Seeing the tiny, pink, seemly healthy babies wearing the warm little pink or blue hoodies, made mom very nervous and brought back those horrid memories of the events of the past few months. Everything was happening in slow motion. The world was spinning, people was passing her at a snails pace, someone tired talking to her, but all she could hear was a mess of words with no clear structure. A cold sweat was running down her body and she started chanting gibberish. Camille passed out in front of the baby window. A few hours later she awoke. Jeff was sitting next to her holding her soft hand. His strong grip gave her comfort in this troublesome time. Again, the docs gave mom her meds and soon she was released.
After that hospital stay, Camille was getting her life together. She started working out, dating other men while her Jeff took off time from each other, and eventually she started moving away from me and that "operation". Jeff and Camille had "off and on" periods. He was a man who was 10 years older and mom and not to mention divorced with 3 kids. He encouraged Camille to date men her age and to let go of her past wounds. She took his advice and soon enough, I no longer manifested into other kids. I watched and finally I could let go. Often times, when I felt lonely, I would stand in the shadows as mother held hands with other men. Sometimes I'd would come down in spirit form and follow her around. Eventually, I just watched from the clouds. Camille had buried me in her mind; it seemed like I was a mistake from her younger past no longer in her memory. But for some reason, there were self help books in one of the rooms of her mansion piled high to the ceiling and across the walls. She didn't forget about me, she was reading to forgive herself! All this I thought I was just a distant memory, I was a more dormant part of her soul. She'd keep this office locked every time one her male friends would come over and never mention it to them. Jeff knew about the self-help books mom was reading over the years and now she was losing count of the thousand books in that room. Camille's life was changing. She grew very fond of the men she dated over the years. Soon enough she was engaging in that. Yes that. I don't understand what is with her that act that nearly destroyed her life. What happens if she ends up pregnant again? What happens if I have a sibling that ends up here with me? Or even better, a child who earns the right to live but has to suffer with a mom in heat. Apparently that female dog was in heat at all odd hours of the day again. I wept for her in the heavens and every time it rained, that was me! I cried and cried and watched Camille entice man after man even now the "zeroing in" Jeff. Her savior was now a friend with benefits…coffee and walks in the park my butt! Every guy had the same thing on their minds -- my mom's underpants. I sat on my cloud and rage boiled inside. Mom … have you forgotten me? It's good that you are moving on, I understand, but don't forget completely about me.
Children no longer mentally ripped apart my mom. In fact, she gave her time at an orphanage and donated large sums of money. She read, played and fed those tiny little bodies on the weekends with Jeff. Many of those kids were born drugged addicted and had been left in hospitals or streets. Some had physical and mental defects and all they really needed was a stable adult and a whole lot of love in their lives. Come to think about it, maybe I had it lucky. Maybe I wasn't meant to be born after all, maybe Camille was meant to serve other children and not me. Saint by day, temptress at night. A little disappointing, but still, I had a new family of aborted kids to play with. We looked from above, but we rarely manifested or followed in spirit our parents. Turns out mother did not completely forget about me as I had thought. No, in fact, she often daydreamed about what gender I would have been. Let's get one thing straight people…I never said what gender of baby I manifested myself into. I was aborted as a 47-day-old embryo and all the things that would have made me male or female never formed. As far as I'm concerned I never really knew my gender. Again, I did not have the parts, ok? I grew up in heaven, but an angel told me that a child becomes the gender their parent's want them to be. Their miracle child, their wish come true child, their little angel. I was confused about what she said, but it made sense. Come to think about it, I don't even have a name. Mom always said "he", but um…I did not became a "he" or a have name until a few years later. Another thing folks, I grew up to be a he in heaven. Unknowing to my mother, I really I'm a boy, but since I'm lacking a piece to my soul, I haven't become a "full" boy yet.
The years floated by. Mother was still a gorgeous woman entering her 40's and still hard working as ever. She helped run corporations to the epitome of greatness and she even started a few companies of her own. Mother had it all again, except there was no one there to help her celebrate her good fortunes. Jeff was there all the time, but it was not the same as a young smiling face looking you in the eye and yelling "mommy, mommy, I wanna be like when I grow up." The x-mas season was a little rough for mom. Every yr she would light a candle and say a prayer on x-mas day. She and Jeff would cuddle and later on spend of the day outside. People must have thought Camille and Jeff were married and they began to ask if they had any kids. Camille would simply say no and change the subject. She wondered if that was a lie or just a half-truth. Jeff would say he had kids from another marriage and also change the subject. The pages on the calendar zipped along. The day that I was supposed to be 10, Jeff brought mother a stuffed teddy bear with a green Mohawk and chocolate fur. Mom always told Jeff about the kid's she saw with the green eyes and the chocolate hair and the misery they caused her. Now I finally had a memorial. Mom kept this bear in the corner of her room along with some Lego's because she they might have been my favorite toy. But, I still had no name.
The years passed along. Mom and Jeff were again taking a break from each other, when she met Nick Stahl. A hotshot executive with sandy brown hair and something a horse would envy. Apparently, mom was into that sort of thing and soon enough, they were at it like rabbits. Jeff and mom's relationship had cooled down and mom was ready for physical love. Nick showered mom with gifts and the kisses she could handle. Oh yes, he's her boss! Hmm … seems like they weren't in love, just "sprung". The year that I should have been 13, (June '99), mom and Nick decided to take a lovely vacation on the Italian Mediterranean countryside. It was a beautiful and exotic place full of hearty food and lively ppl. The couple visited Rome, museums, Venice, and finally the coast. Mom briefly mentioned to Nick that an "ex" named Colin often talked about this place. It was a place his family visited every year because Colin's parents were immigrants to America and had left his non English-speaking grandparents behind. While at the beach in a non-tourist section, I manifested myself onto the son of a shop keep. People in this section did not know English and the couple was having a hard time communicating with the shop keeps. Feeling weary and tired, they approached my orange cart. The couple was looking at some fruit when I jumped in front of them. "HI!" I said smiling starling my mother. "How can I help you ppl?" I asked. Nick gave me a strange look since I was the only one who could speak perfect english. "Umm. Were uh, looking." Mom said in a daze. She was looking at the teenage version of her dead child. Colin's chocolate hair, deep green eyes, and the only physical trait I shared with Camille, her nose. My voice cracked once or twice as I tired to sell them oranges. Camille's buried memories started resurfacing because she looking directly at the son who could have been. She started looking to see if Colin was near by, or maybe a relative of his, but no how could a random boy with both their traits be in front of her? Nick was taking notice of mom and her cold sweat running down her face. She was holding back hard tears while we both looked each other intently. I was making Camille's worried face in front of her. All she could do was look at me and fight back the tears. Nick was holding her and telling her to settle down and not to make a scene. Camille shut down and started looking at the ground. Finally she looked up and told Nick to let her go. At last that gruesome moment ended. Mom took one last look at me and grinned. I unleashed my "iceberg melting smile" and give her an orange. Some thing happened in the back round and I disappeared. When Camille looked back to thank me, I was gone and the boy I took over was looking at them funny. He was short boy with olive skin and a big nose nothing like me at all. That nite, mom was in terrible shock while all Nick could do was force her to have relations with him. Camille took a large gulp of whine and passed out for the long trip back to America. Long dreamless sleep.
The months passed. June 1, 2000 was the high school graduation of Colin's daughter, Kelly jr. Colin was finally out of prison and his marriage was a wreck. His wife, Kelly sr. was upset that Colin was in prison for such a long time and the fact he missed most of his daughter's life. She does not know about Camille or me. Colin was out side taking a smoke when I approached him. I took the guise of a young man looking for the building. I was the replica of Colin now and all he could do was look at me. "Sir, do u know where this building is?" I asked pointing to a piece of paper. Colin's jaw dropped as he looked at his own face. "I thought she killed it…" he repeated. "Huh?" I asked him. "Nothing" that man replied and pointed to the building. Colin looked straight at the young man with all the same features and Camille's nose. He looked bewildered and shocked and said, "you look like some I used to know" and walked away. I said nothing and disappeared. Fast forward to May 2004 the year I was supposed to graduate from high school.
Camille was alone again and finally found some solace in a Christian support group for woman who had abortions. She learned that she was not alone in day dreaming about what gender I would have been or any of the dreams or nightmares she had. I was sitting on my cloud with two of my closet friends, Angel and Tammy Lee all 3 of us had the same birth date and were supposed to finish high school in 2004. Angel explained he was the product of incest when his 15-y/o mother was brutally raped by a drunken uncle in a dark alley in Mexico City. She was about 3 months pregnant and the family outcast when she aborted Angel. The procedure was crude and she barely survived the abortion. His tiny body was dumped into the waster system. Tammy was born to a 22-y/o drug-using mother and teenaged father in a trailer park somewhere in the Mid West. As soon as she was born, they throw her into a plastic bag left to die in the near a railroad. When Tammy's mom came out of her drug haze, she looked for her baby, but it was to late because Tammy was dead and her story was on the news. Camille was 50 years old and still hurting inside. Fate brought these woman together. Angel's mom, Yolanda, immigrated to America a few years ago and now worked at a hotel supporting two sons. Tammy's mom, Belinda was in rehab and working as a soda devilry person for Pepsi. I asked my friends if they ever visited their parent's. The answer was a hateful no and nothing else. "We did not have names until now," Angel once told me as we watched our mothers talk. Tammy can't stand the site of her mother so she always turns around. Yolanda once explained that she never intended to keep her first baby, or had her family since they lived in the slums of Mexico City. They were very poor and nothing to eat most days. Her drunken uncle raped her and blamed her of "seducing him" which was a lie. That same uncle paid for the abortion and it was not until Yolanda's grandma made a small memorial for Angel and gave him a name was she able to put the hurt behind. Belinda said she was 22 lived in a trailer park and dated a boy who was only 15. Her mom kicked her out of the trailer home and she moved in with Lyle who lived next door with his dad. The dad was never home and they began to do it and she introduced him to drugs. She said did not even know she was pregnant and went into labor while high on speed. She thought the baby was trash and Lyle dumped her by the railroad tracks in a plastic bag. She realized what happened when the story was on the news. Nobody knew it was he or she and they never told anybody. Belinda says she wants to name her nameless daughter "Tammy Lee" and cherish her memory forever. Finally my two friends had some sort of closer. I on the other hand, still had no name. Just until it was Camille's turn to speak. "I was 32, foolish, and making money like there was no tomorrow. I feel madly in 'love' with my former assistant Colin. He said he loved me so we began to get physical just about everywhere. I mean everywhere. It wasn't until I started eating egg salad and enjoying it that I knew I was pregnant. Colin denied being the father and tricked me into getting an abortion. I don't know why I listened to him. I had plenty of money to support my baby. He might have not been perfect, he might have done drugs or whatever, but he would have been my baby and I would have loved him nonetheless. I had all the sex with different men to make me feel better about myself. So were the drinking and diet pills and all that jazz " She said with a tear. "I name him Ivan." At least! Closure! I really have a name now! My closure is complete. I can move on now.
June 1, 2004 my high school graduation. I came to my mother in a dream. "Camille, Camille" I whispered. She lay next to Jeff and nudged him to go back to sleep. "Mom … don't be alarmed, it's me Ivan. I came to visit you. I know you have been hurting for 18 years and I've come to see you." Mom shed a tear. "Mom, this is me at 18 years old and today I would have graduated from high school. I want you to know I love very much – more that you'll ever know. But please, you should not have dammed me at that meeting. Just because I did not live, does not mean I would have done drugs or do wild things. You would have given me the best educational and finical resources to help me succeed in life. I would have done my best to make you proud and I would have accepted Jeff and no one else as my father." Camille was crying in her sleep. She responded "I'm so sorry for everything. I miss you and I want to get to know you better." "No, mom" I said. "This is a one time dream. All those times I was projecting myself into different kids. Italy, the park, everywhere. I missed you so much and I wanted nothing more than just to glance at my beautiful mother with the big dreams that came true except for mother hood." "Ivan, you're a very handsome young man. I regret not letting you live. Please stay." Mom said. "Mom," I continued, "I know you still want to be a mother. I know about the special needs kids to used play with. There is a very sad little girl by the name of Lacy with a rare form of dwarfism. She is a kind soul and is only 6 years old. I know you love Jeff very much and the both you want a child together, but too old to have one. Please adopt Lacy. We see each other again" I touched her hand and left. Camille was crying and Jeff woke up to her sobbing. He rubbed her back and soon went to sleep. She never forgot that dream and soon they adopted Lacy. Now the same teddy bear in the corner has a nametag with my name on it.
Mother never forgot the young man with chocolate hair, the green eyes, and the her nose. I can move on now. I just look at mom from above, but never appeared to her again. I love you mom.
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