CHAPTER 15: A RACY HEART

MINUTES LATER.

For a while, two pairs of eyes were fixed on each other, and the mood in the room had turned tight.

Badum badum

Her heart was racy, and it was pounding furiously.

'How come those eyes look familiar?'

'When I look at her up close, she reminds me of someone, but who?'

Felicia couldn't help but wonder as she glanced at Avita, whom she was meeting for the second time since her hospitalization.

"Mommy!" exclaimed a sweet female voice.

This brought her back to the present.

"Umm, uh, sorry about that!" Felicia apologized gently as she averted her sight from Avita, who was staring at her with interest.

Lucilla, who was about to suffocate as a result of this small drama, was relieved as well, but she couldn't help but wonder what her mother was thinking at that brief moment.

Avita appeared to resurrect as well, and she smiled shyly at the middle-aged lady, who appeared to be in her thirties rather than forties and added, "It's okay. You are a stunning woman."

Avita couldn't stop