Ghost - Elmax

Chapter 47 : Funny family

The next day, none of the two girls were working, but they both woke up early to eat breakfast with Max's mother. Jane was half asleep on the table while Max and Susan were preparing toast and coffee.

- "She never helps you?" frowned the mother.

- "What? She always helps me! But, I prefer working in the kitchen alone, she is really bad at cooking."

- "Really!?"

- "Yeah, one time we made a cake, and all she had to do was to put it in the oven and to wait. The oven burnt, like with flames and all!" told Max.

- "Oh wow! I wasn't expecting that!" chuckled Susan. "But, she could, at least, help you by putting everything on the table, preparing coffee and all."

- "Mom, Jane is not Neil! She helped me yesterday! It's her who set the table outside while I was showing you the apartment. Just because she is sleeping on the table now doesn't mean she always look at me working for her. We're good, she is fine. When we went in weekend together, I hurt my fingers, and she took care of me, it's not a one-way care, don't worry."

- "I know, I know, I just want to be sure you're not doing the same mistake as me, that's all..."

- "I know, and I appreciate, but you have nothing to worry about Jane, she is just tired because she worked a lot those last days, that's all. She is not lazy, just tired."

The mother nodded before sitting at the table. Max brought a cup of coffee to Jane, before rubbing her back to wake her up. Jane slowly straightened, smiling to her girlfriend.

- "So, Jane, do you love my daughter?" asked Susan.

- "What?" exclaimed Jane.

- "Mom, what are you doing?" frowned Max.

- "Of course I love her!"

- "I just wanted to be sure, because I heard you were not always nice with her, I mean, you slapped her!"

- "Mom! Stop that!"

- "I...I didn't want to..."

- "But you still did it, how can I be sure you won't do worse?"

- "I won't! I, I, I never wanted to hurt her, I didn't want to, I didn't control it!"

- "You often lose control like this? And why don't you trust her?"

- "What!? I do trust her!"

- "Why did you lie to her about your mother!?"

- "I, I, I don't know! I didn't want her to know, it was my pain, she didn't have to live that too!"

- "What tell me you didn't lie about other things? Like, when you work late, maybe you're with another girl?"

- "No! I would never do that!"

- "Then why lying about your mother? You don't think she had the right to know?"

- "Yeah, maybe!"

- "Why didn't you tell her!?"

- "I...because..."

- "Why, Jane!? Why!?"

- "BECAUSE SHE FUCKING KILLED MY SISTER!"

Susan stopped talking. Max frowned and looked at Jane who had her face red of anger and her hands tensed.

- "I'm sorry," told sharply Jane before standing and going in the corridor.

Max crossed her arms before leaning against her chair and looking at her mother with angry eyes.

- "Don't look at me like that," said Susan.