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

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

up to help, she

distance. It had made

reached for her mother's arm

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

shoulders, a smile tugging at her lips. "And it's been

you as my little girl. But in the blink of an eye, you've grown up. You've

you ever blamed us? Your father and... we weren't able to help you. When your grandparents passed, everything fell on you. If we had been stronger, maybe

how tired

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

herself relax, melting into the warmth of her mother's embrace. It reminded her of when she was a child, when

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