Elora walked over and sat beside her mother.

Mrs. Ormond shifted uncomfortably. "Let's go outside. This is your bedroom. I shouldn't have come in without asking."

She felt like she had invaded her daughter's private space.

"Mom, don't be like that. We're mother and daughter-real mother and daughter,"

Elora said with a soft smile, sensing her mother's discomfort. "We're not strangers. You don't need permission to be here."

Maybe it was because Elora had been so caught up with work that she hadn't spent much time with her parents in a long while.

She left early, came home late. Some months, they barely even saw each other- despite living under the same roof.

time she left for work in the morning, her parents were still asleep. When she came home at night, they had already gone

hardly crossed. But back

she could

her position of power had created a distance. It had made her parents cautious

for her mother's arm

on my mom." The simple gesture stirred

wrapped an arm around her daughter's shoulders, a smile tugging at her lips. "And it's

a quiet sigh. "I used to think of you as my little girl. But in the blink of an eye,

to help you. When your grandparents passed, everything

voice heavy with regret. "I saw how

I could do was take care of

melting into the warmth of her mother's embrace. It reminded her of when she

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