“Just tell me.” He’d read it later. “Just—
tell me what it says.”
Yrene wiped at her face. Her mouth
trembled, but there was joy in her eyes. Pure
joy. “It says that she loves you. It says that
she has missed you. It says that if you and I
are amenable to it, she would like to come
live with us. Your brother Terrin, too.”
Chaol reached for the letter, scanning the
text. Still not believing it. Not until he read,
I have loved you from the moment I knew
you were growing in my womb.
He didn’t stop his own tears from falling.
Your father informed me of what he did
with my letters to you. I informed him I shall
not be returning to Anielle.
Yrene leaned her head against his shoulder
while he read and read.
The years have been long, and the space
between us distant, his mother had written.
lily
(lily)
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