Blame.

"WHAT?...and is she okay?" Mrs Smith shouted.

"Camilla is okay, Chris said he would explain to her when she calmed," Ray said.

"Okay thank you for calling " she hung up turning to her husband.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Camilla found out everything & it was that bastard's fault " she sneered.

"How?"

"We have to see her tomorrow or he will take this chance to turn her against us "

Tonight.

"I told you it would come back to haunt us " Mr Smith sighed.

She didn't sleep that night, thinking about how her daughter thought of her now and so did Camilla.

Chris had fallen asleep, she had pretended to be sleeping so he could too. She picked up her phone and walked to the balcony.

"Sweetie, it's late why are you still up?" her mother asked when she answered the call.

"Can't sleep " was all she said.

Silence followed, none said a word but listened to each other's silence.

"Mom, why did you do it?" Camilla broke the cold stillness.

Her mom's voice come through after a while, "My little precious daughter, it was all his fault. I had warned him to stay away from you but he never gave up "

Camilla scoffed, "So we are playing the blaming game. Mom, I might not remember a thing about what was between us but Chris has done nothing but love me but you accusing him now "

"As I expected he has brainwashed you again. I knew he would do just that after we allowed him back in your life." she frowned.

Camilla found herself barking, "MOM!..., can you please stop all that nonsense and tell me why you killed my innocent baby "

Her mother was shocked, "Is this what he has done, turn you against your own mother " she sniffed.

"It's like you won't tell me anything " Camilla wanted to hang up but her mother begged.

"Camilla darling don't be mad at your mother, am sorry about everything. I made that decision without thinking about your feelings" she said.

"Is that it?" Camilla asked. She felt anger and it spread through her so fast she was back to shouting again. "You go ahead and abort my baby, separate me from the man I love and keep feeding me lies even after I find out all your dirty secrets "

She was crying and arguing she didn't hear Chris wake up.

"Sweetie, it was all for the best " her mother calmly said.

"Hear your self mom, are you even human. After killing an innocent being, destroying your daughter's life by taking advantage of her amnesia you calmly say it was all for the best"

"I told your father that boy was never good for you, now his back & you're losing your temper and finding out things that were buried in the past to stay hidden," her mother said.

Camilla bit her lip holding back her anger.

"Please don't appear in front of me ever again, mom " she cried.

But, Sweetie " her mother started but Camilla cut her off.

"Mom, I hate you so much right now that it hurts me so much I want to die ".

Her mother's tears she had been holding back finally fell. The words Camilla was saying hurt her more than she expected.

"Camilla love, am sorry but as your mother, I had to do it "

"DON'T..even say another word, if you were acting like my mother then, that decision wouldn't have been made. It had survived and fought through that horrible accident but you had to go and pretend to know better than me its mother to abort it "

"You can hate me all you want sweetie, but that baby had to go. It was a hindrance to your future " her mother said.

Her body got the chills instantly, "What, a hindrance?"

"Yes, if I didn't abort it, then there wouldn't be the famous chef Camilla Smith and you would never have done anything you wanted or planned for. So Camilla instead of blaming me you should be thanking me "

Chris had been standing behind her on the balcony. But she was too angry to notice him.

She felt her knees weaken but Chris grabbed her in time. His strong arms held her, Camilla hung up hiding her face in his chest.

"That's not my mother " she cried.

He carried her back in, he frowned it was going to be a long night .