Closed starter for @immcrtaliis
Shocked was putting it lightly. Allegra was blindsided, completely dumbfounded, and more than a little enraged.
She’d known for Cleo for years, a friend of her aunt’s and Allegra had assumed, up until this moment, a travel writer with all the international jetsetting she did.
But Allegra had also been searching for her mother for years. Ever since her Aunt Kimberly had finally gotten dial up for their house and she had discovered the wonders of an MSN search.
Now the two were colliding in a ball of fire within Allegra’s mind. The woman who her aunt drank wine with in their living room, who gave her her first electric sewing machine for her 13th birthday. And the woman who abandoned Allegra on the streets of Hong Kong, who left her father, already living on the streets due to his mutations, with a baby swaddled in a purple blanket and barely a word of goodbye. They were the same woman, her name was Cleo, and she was sitting across the table from Allegra.
She could feel Cleo’s life force coursing through energy channels and it was taking all her self restraint not to start draining it out of her, just so she could experience the kind of pain growing up parentless, the only asian child in her school, the only mutant in her town without the words to even explain what was happening to her.
Gritting her teeth Allegra decided, “Start talking.”
cleopatra had always struggled when it came to emotional availability, it was the main reason she had stayed out of allegra’s life, with the exception of a few visits here and there. just like the parents that had turned their back on her, she was weak, she couldn’t cope with it. the idea of eventually losing her own child, it was something she didn’t think she’d be able to handle.
she usually had to build up her courage before visiting - which meant she was caught off guard by the other’s presence. apparently, she hadn’t done a good job keeping tabs on the young woman.
“it was selfish of me,” cleopatra spoke softly, “but i didn’t- i couldn’t be a mother, it wouldn’t have been fair to you,” she started to ramble, tripping over her words. this shouldn’t be happening, it wasn’t supposed to happen. “your father and i- we agreed it would be best for me to keep my distance,” she continued, this time biting down on her lip. “perhaps we can continue this - somewhere more private?”
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