"I was threatened."
Archi squinted his eyes, and sat back, "What do you mean?"
"If I had stayed any longer, Oberon, and I would have been hurt beyond measure ."
"You are confusing me. Please tell me exactly what happened."
She closed her eyes, and exhaled, a tear sliding down her cheek.
He was visibly shaken, and went to sit beside her, "Mother? What is the matter? Tell me everything," he held her hand, and squeezed it gently.
"That day when your grandmother died, was the day I left, it was the day I nearly lost you.. again."
His eyes almost popped out of their sockets, "Hm?"
"Let me narrate how it happened."
***
His face turned cold when she said that, and he gently removed her hand from his.
"She.."
He took some few steps backwards, and faced the wall, his heart racing.
"I want to believe that is a joke."
"Joke? Really? I would joke with your mother's death?"
