Maybe She Wasn't As Bad As They Knew

[HAWI]

It had been a while since she had been addressed like that and it took a moment for it to sink in. Hawi had been used to everything but the thought of being addressed by her mother, had never been one for the books. She had always never considered it, not once.

"Is that how you greet everyone you force into this shit show?" Hawi asked, her voice cold and devoid of amusement. It is like she had had her fair share of mad women and she refused to be a part of the charade that this one was putting on for her. 

It wasn't always that someone had the courage to step up to her, and maybe that's why as she walked towards the woman, Hawi could tell that she wasn't her mother or even an aperitif of her father. This woman was someone else.