“I knew it! You still plan to leave me alone here to be bullied by the others again! If that’s the case, why did you come back? Go away! I don’t want to see you! After all, I’ve gotten used to not having a mother after so many years! Go!”
Why is she thinking of leaving right after she’s back? I only want my mom to stay by my side. It isn’t willful, as it’s only an expectation from a daughter toward her mother.
“I-I’m not! That isn’t what I meant! I wasn’t thinking of leaving. I-I-” Isabelle seemed to be stumped at my words. The once eloquent woman suddenly seemed to have lost her way with words. First, she said that she wouldn’t leave. Then, she said she would leave if I didn’t want to see her. After that, she said she was sorry. It was as if she didn’t know what she was saying at that point. In the end, she shut her mouth. With tears streaming down her face, she just kept apologizing to me.
I could no longer hold myself back anymore, so without caring about anything else, I jumped into her arms and started wailing. “Mom! Mom!”
This is my mom! Even though we had so much conflict back in Anglandur, it only takes one sentence from her for me to brush it off and forget everything.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she patted my back lightly. “I’m sorry. We were facing some problems back then in Anglandur. I was afraid that you might get tangled in our mess, so I didn’t dare to speak more to you. Can you forgive me? How can I not know your father? So I know for sure that you’ve lived a difficult life in the Tanner residence. However, there was someone after us at that time. I was scared that they would target you, so I had no choice.”
“No! I didn’t blame you for any of it. I know that you love me!” Although tears blurred my vision, I could still see her tears and the guilt and devastation in her eyes.
“Yvonne, my darling! Let me have a look at you!”
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