A touch of fate

3: Going

ve this way,

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e isn't coming any longer. It makes me sadder that I had become accustomed to

t's taking you so long?" She is the only person in here who is s

nd sat down next to me as I pretended to g

said after keeping me company. After more t

"Mother?" in an attemp

g," she said

uld be like to live with your family, and talk with your friends at school." I q

l. You can and you will definitely feel that, just a lit

lets me go, but by then I'll be too old to be

e intelligent and talented, you will undoubtedly be qualified for any

an ever give the same things you are giving to me, and it's making me fe

that way, honey,"

she's also had the same look on her face, "You

u think? I'm certainly hoping for that." She c

ppen." I didn't want anything to happen and didn't want he

things you didn't have the opportunity to get

thing that will make me ready to build a family of my own, I don't know anything, so I will just put

s negative won't led you into a successful single woman, if that's what you wanted" She has the appearance of a mother lecturing her daughter at this very moment. I'm not sure why, but I have the impression that I'm speaking to my mother right now. She g

ld muster, I asked, "Aren't I

d or too young, a teen or an adult, you will be affected by pain. You just need to learn how to fa

a little, "Uh, it's okay if you can't; I mean if you won't answer my question,"

are, saying, "Well, I had one." She surpr

me asking, "Wh

" She must have been desperate to embrace her kid, so I can picture how ve

ened my voice in sympathy with my emotions, saying, "Having and bearing that kind of feeling is such a painful thing to have, all we can do is to wish them the best of luck and to enjoy ev

e said that, and I'm correct since it's a fact, was the reply. "Yeah, you love him. You keep thinking about him. You keep looking through your memories with him as if they were a movie y

f that. After hearing her exhale heavily, I contin

"I don't kn

e the outside world, you can still explore; you can still meet new friends, new man, an

ontinue to talk, "Remember Kiea, you have the courage to do anything. You just need a little push and you're free to fly. The courage that you're looking for is hidin

ll it takes to unlock the door to a bright future. You cannot and will not grow if you remain

I continued, "And how will I ever do tha

ly, "Why are

ply shook her head and said

hat you can, and you will." I gave her a sympathetic glance. She then tapped my shoulder and gave me a hard hug. "Be strong, that is all I can say to you; you're a

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