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

rare weekend off, their paths hardly crossed. But back then, she was too busy even for

to help, she could finally afford to take weekends

a distance. It had made her

mother's arm

softened. "It's been a long time since I leaned on my mom." The

shoulders, a smile tugging at her lips.

used to think of you as my little girl. But in the blink of an eye, you've grown up. You've become my pillar

you. When your grandparents passed, everything fell on you. If we had been stronger, maybe you wouldn't have

with regret. "I saw how tired you were, how hard it

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

let herself relax, melting into the warmth of her mother's embrace. It reminded

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