Emily held Corinne's icy hand and quickly reassured her, "Of course not, my darling. I want to take you with me! Moonie, will you come to Molomia with me?"

Corinne hesitated, which was surprising. After all, she had been dreaming of going away with her mother ever since she could remember.

It hit Emily hard that Corinne was all grown up with a life of her own when she saw her hesitating.

Emily wiped away her tears, smiled, and said to Corinne, "Look at me, still treating you like a child! I've forgotten that you're a grown woman now, with your own family and children." Corinne snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Emily with a complicated expression. "Can't you stay with us?"

Emily's smile faded into a bittersweet expression. "Moonie, I..."

Corinne was always that smart. She immediately knew what Emily was concerned about. "Mom, are you worried about the Riveras?"

was

Riveras were her nightmare; it was the family she had barely escaped from. She did not want to remain in a city where she could run into them

tightly. "I get it. We can move far away from the

"They... They're not going to let me off the hook so easily. As long as they know I'm alive,

not imagine what abuse her mother had

discuss who goes where for now. You're injured, so you

share with her where

they chatted, exhaustion eventually took over, and

out a few times, only to receive no response. After making sure Emily had fallen asleep, Corinne laid Emily's body

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