To be honest Emer would be horrified to know what thoughts currently plagued her daughter's mind. It was the job of a parent to care for their children, not the other way around, never should Cecily have felt that she had to develop a certain skill or take a different path purely to keep her mother safe, it should have been the other way around. The autumnal hued woman was clearly a mess though she needed someone to care for her right now and unfortunately once more it was only one of her children that would be able to take the role. How on earth had she ended up with such wonderful children? How had they never come close the quivering wreck their mother could be?
Such things would be freed from her mind now though, her daughter's soothing tones and closeness would indeed work wonders for Emer. Eventually golden eyes could take it no longer and would cease their staring into the distance to gradually grow heavier and close. Cecily's promise that all would be alright would be the last thing she would hear as sleep beckoned her and so exhausted and comforted by finding Cecily, it would be the first night in a while that nightmares wouldn't haunt her.
