Not only did her son not address her as 'mom' like he'd been doing for most of his life, he also shortened her actual name and called her 'Abi', like how her parents called her.
She understood that since he started playing his role as her father, it was only appropriate for him to call her by her name. But what she didn't expect was for her body to freeze in place when she heard her son utter those words, and her heart to beat wildy when her son addressed her as his, as if she belonged to him.
Her body instinctively reacted to his call, almost as if she had heard her actual father calling out to her. Only this time, there was a certain temptation in the way her make-believe father called her name that made her breathe quicken and her face flush red.
The reason she thought that an actual father-figure was calling out to her wasn't simply because her son had called out her name, but it was due to how her son's voice, which suddenly sounded so deep and mature as if he were speaking from deep within his body. And also, how his eyes had lost that clear and honest innocence gaze they had earlier, like a boy who was curious about everything, and turned into steady and calm eyes that looked like they'd seen all parts of life and had lived through it all, gaining much wisdom along the way.
She had always thought her son had a much more mature look in his eyes after his glow up today, but it was nowhere near how he looked now, as if he had experienced every challenge that life has to give when he was only 17 years old, and hasn't even left his parents home yet.
Her heart skipped a beat when she saw her son's mature gait, and she couldn't help but want to stand there and wait for him to speak to her like he was her father a little more, since the words that came out of his mouth seemed to have the ability to warm her up down under.
Especially when he called her Abi, and referred to her as his own daughter that he treasured. Those words of his made her want to crawl into his arms, which looked so steady now, and cry out, saying 'Abi's here' so that she could be spoiled by her son.
But no...She couldn't do that since she was his mother.
She couldn't give in to her temptations that she felt as a women, and had to follow the path of a mother, whether she liked it or not, since that's what a proper mother would do. If she simply gave in to her abnormal thoughts, she wouldn't be different from any other women on the street since she would caring more about her inner desires, more then her relationship with her son.
Whoosh~
So, to make sure that she wasn't tempted by her son's words that felt like sweet whispers into her ear, she bolted from where she was standing and made sure not to look back in case she ran right back to him after seeing his handsome face, which had lost all signs of being a teenager and looked more mature than anyone else she had ever seen.
And, just as she entered her living room and was looking to go to the nearest room with a lock, she heard her son's voice coming from the kitchen.
"Where are you going, Abi? Why are you running away from daddy?"
His voice was much calmer than usual, and it seemed like he didn't mind at all that she was running away, which made her much more uneasy since she felt like he had everything under his grasp.
Even though it was an instinctive feeling as a woman that told her that she was in a very dangerous situation when the person that was threatening her was her own son, she still chose to not take any chances and believe what she felt, and rushed towards one of the guest rooms around the corner of the living room.
And, just as she turned around the corner and thought that she was going to safely enter the room, she stopped in her place as her body froze, since her son was already standing near the door of the room with a slight smile on his face, like he found it funny how she was trying to run away from him.
She had no idea how her son got there without even making a sound, when she had just heard his voice in the kitchen a second ago. She looked back to check the kitchen to see if anyone was there, and sure enough, it was empty, which meant that her son didn't have a clone of himself waiting for her here.
Just as she was confused and thinking about how her son came here before her, she heard her son call her name and speak.
"What's wrong, Abi? Did Daddy do anything wrong that made you mad and not want to see me anymore?" Even though he spoke like he was concerned about her daughter's wellbeing, the slight smile on his lips told her that he was clearly making fun of her.
"If I did do anything that upset you, then let's talk about it at the dining table while we eat our dinner, since Daddy really can't bear to see you running away from me." He took a step forward, like he was trying to escort her back to the table.
That was the last thing she wanted to happen, as she just knew that if she was brought back to the kitchen, there would be no escaping from her son's grasp.
She quickly ran away as her son approached her and tried to run into another room across the hall, which also had a lock on the inside, which all the rooms don't have yet since it was a new house that they had just moved into.
She looked back to see if her son was on her tail, just in case, and sighed in relief when she saw that there was no one there. And just as she thought that she had lost him and was going to enter the room, she ran into something tall and steady that suddenly came out of nowhere.
She was about to fall from the impact, but was saved when a pair of hands grabbed her by the waist and stabilised her. When she looked up to see what she ran into in front of the door, and, at the same time, saved her from tumbling down, she saw her son looking down at her with a smile on his face.