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

But back then, she was too busy even for weekends

stepping up to help, she could finally afford to take weekends off and

created a distance. It had made her

arm and rested her

long time since I leaned on my mom."

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

in the blink of an eye, you've grown up. You've become my pillar of strength-the head of

have 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 you wouldn't have

heavy with regret. "I saw how tired you

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

the warmth of her mother's embrace. It reminded her of when she was a child, when things were

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