His Forbidden Soulmate
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let me stay. She'd already decided to dep
stuff whil
y mother inquired, le
s into the suitcase and zipped
nd they are overjoyed to
floor near my bed, and I dragge
ollow
dealing with it for years," she complained as she closed
oaching the automobi
mpany you? It'll be lonely coming home alo
" my mother assured
o hurl. I was so glad
Jack had the nerve
he houses across the street, and I was soon on
d that few people had heard of. But those who left there f
ing divorced at the time. My mother drove me there because she needed emotional support.
is. Anyone who enjoys nature would like to live there. A place that felt more like a forest than a ci
to stay with them," my mo
alone with your man,
ing that I was now in tow
r and collected my suitcase from the trunk. Grandaunt Zira and Gr
soil, like her garden. Zira loved her garden. Mom once told me that when her husband left her, she sought s
as my grandmother's turn to hug me, and s
nces were. I wish that weren't so. I was concerne
mother's tim
ndaunt and Grandma studi
nce the last time they saw her,
m exclaime
ome. I needed to cry. It was the first
u!" My mother yel
k at her, and tears s
t into the car, as if she couldn't stand being here or aw
came up to hug me. "You'll
case upstairs while Zir
mom's room," Grandma added
modest blue-painted room with a picture that haunts me of
rling." Zira patted my back. "We'll
ve a
rom the wall, hiding it in a drawer, and then went to sit on the bed. I so