"Yuli . . I saw my mother . . she needs to see Taran"
"I know . . I saw her too, she's drinking coffee with your sister"
"No . . I mean my other mother . . . I seen her from afar . . I wanna show her Taran . . I want her to see him . . something in my heart tells me that I have to take him with me . . please, Yuli . . I have to do this"
"Oh God . . . but I'm coming with you"
We're down by the shore now . . I'm holding on to Michael's arm . . he's holding Taran. I'm so worried about the 3 of us . . Michael is the only one who's capable of protecting us . . it's hard enough to protect yourself in a place like this . . and it's even harder if you have to protect yourself and 2 other people . . .
"There she is, Yuli . . . there she is . . on that tree over there"
"Aww . . I can see her . . does she know you're here?"
"I don't think she does . . I wanna go up there . . we'll go up there together . . and you'll be waiting with Taran . . I have to see her reaction first . . I don't know if she's gonna shew me away or if she lets me come near her . . . if she doesn't, then we'll go back . . but I have to give it a try"
We go up to the tree . . Michael helps me get up on a very thick peace of wood, so I'll be safe from everything that might wanna attack me and Taran . . It's high enough to feel safe but it's still not high enough to be 100% sure that nothing happens . . . Michael is climbling up to the top where his mother is . . . . . I hope he'll be fine . . . and I hope she'll be ok with him coming up to her . . . it would mean the world to him.
~ Michael's point of view ~
I'm all the way up there now . . she's in front of me . . doing something with a piece of wood. "Mom" I say quietly . . . she turns around and looks at me in shock. "Michael . . what are you doing here?"
I slowly get closer to her . . She pushes me away . .
"No, mom . . please . .I'm just here to say hi . . I missed you"
"No you didn't . . you don't belong here anymore . ."
"I'm here to show you something, mom"
"GO AWAY Michael! . . you don't belong here!!"
Tears start building in my eyes . . I wanna cry but I have to be strong now. This is how she feels towards me and I have to respect it . . but I'm not gonna give up so easily . . .
"Mom . . I wanna show you something. . please. ."
"I don't care, I don't want you to be here, Michael! GO!"
"Ok, I'll leave . . I'll leave forever but please let me show you, ok?"
"What?!"
I climb back down to Yuli and carefully take Taran out of her arms. . then I make my way back up there carefully . . hoping not to scare him and make him cry . . .
I slowly walk up to my mother . . she looks at Taran . .
"This is my baby, mom . . my son . . your grandson . . ."
She walks up to me . . slowly . . the way she looks at Taran is everything I hoped for. . everything I wanted from her . . . she has tears in her eyes . . . and I can tell that she wants to reach out her hand to him . . but she's holding herself back . . .
"That's you, Michael . . ."
"Yes. . that's MY son . . ."
"He looks like you . . ."
"He does . . . do you wanna hold him?"
Taran starts crying . . .
She carefully takes him out of my arms and holds him up to her chest.
"Come stop the crying it will be alright . .
. . just take my hand . . and hold it tight . .
I'll will protect you from all around you. .
. . I will be here, don't you cry . . "
"That song sounds beautiful, mom . ."
"That's the song I sang to you the first day I found you, Michael . . it helped you fall asleep every single time . . . so this is why you've been away . . . you wanted to have your own family . . your real family . ."
"Mom . . you ARE my real family . ."
"No I'm not . . I don't look like you . ."
"Yes you do . . our hearts are the same . . our heartbeats are the same . ."
"That's true . . . ."
"Mom . . not one day went by that I didn't think of you . . ."
"Really?"
"Yes . . . please don't push me out . . this is where I belong . . I may not live here anymore and we don't see each other anymore . . but my heart belongs here . . . to you"
"Welcome home, Michael"
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Tarzan
RomanceHe's beautiful, strong and full of life . . . but he's from another world. A man who spent all his life growing up in the wild . . living with gorillas, elephants . . fighting for his life every single day but that's nothing unusual to him because t...
