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.

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

paths hardly crossed. But back

cousins stepping up to help, she could

a distance. It had

reached for her mother's arm and rested her

long time since I leaned on my mom." The simple gesture stirred something deep

her daughter's shoulders, a smile tugging at her lips.

girl. But in the blink of an eye, you've

to help you. When your grandparents passed, everything

paused, her voice heavy with regret. "I saw how tired you were, how hard it

thing I could do was take care of the house, make sure you had one less

warmth of her mother's embrace. It reminded her of

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