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16- The End

Author: Louise
last update Last Updated: 2024-08-05 22:56:50

The 3 of us all hesitated to walk towards my mother, afraid. It was as if she was going to bite. She just looked different from the person we had been crying at for a while. We could not believe our eyes.

“Well, come on over here, I don’t bite.” she smiled.

My father, in all his shock and confusion and all possible emotions combined, slowly walked over to my mother with his eyes all puffy and red, ready to burst into a puddle of tears.

“Mary…” he wailed as he dived on the hospital bed to hug my mother.

She held him back tightly, leaving Roni and me completely confused and in shock. She was lifeless and practically dead the past few days, and then suddenly, she had all this energy.

I eventually took a few steps towards her bed, initially hesitant, wondering if she was actually okay or if it was an act.

“I hope you have been behaving, Tori,” she said as I hugged her tightly. “You know, your father isn’t as tough as me. He is fragile.”

“HEY!” my father exclaimed after hearing my mot
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