Camille walked to the kitchen as quickly as she could walk; she went so fast it was as though she ran. Valentine just stood there in front of his lover’s mother without saying anything or trying to make the incessant and violent coughing to stop. He just stood there like a statue with his hands in his pockets and an expressionless face while Vanessa was coughing. Camille was back from the kitchen in an instant and gave the glass of water she had gone to get to her mother who took it quickly and began drinking the water in long hard gulps, this was a very abnormal thing because her mother always seemed calm and collected at all times and right now she was being strange. Even the way she drank the water was totally unlike her usually perfect way of doing very basic things. Camille led her mo
