Chapter 31

KADE

It pained me to hear how she saw herself due to a lifetime of pain. It was a lifetime of people taking what they wanted from her while spitting on the broken body left behind.

My mother’s story seemed to resonate with her because the shame and guilt that had been flooding her was overshadowed by determination and acceptance. Then she uttered words to me that lit my soul on fire which burned only for her. I had begun to heal her.

“So, what would you like to do about what we learned?” I asked her softly, hoping that it would not evoke the same reaction as before.

She played with the back of my hair while she thought about it. This was a big decision to make, and I would support whatever she chose to do. I could not begin to imagine what it must have been like this entire time to not remember anything. That little bit of time that I remembered my mother was imprinted on me to this day. It helped make me into a man that I hoped that she would be proud of. Gabriel said that it frus