When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Audrey was finally free, but she huffed in frustration, “You’re mean, Mommy! I called you earlier, but you ignored me and let me get bullied!”

Oh? Is she mad at me?

I glanced toward Shaun as I was being falsely accused.

However, the boy’s eyes widened as he said seriously, “It’s true, Mrs. Fuller. We saw you earlier, but you ignored us. You left your wallet and Audrey before leaving.”

“Were you guys seeing things?” I was really telling the truth because I had been brought away since I arrived. I never even had the chance to go anywhere else.

Still, Shaun insisted, “No, Mrs. Fuller! That person looked exactly like you.”

There was a possibility if Audrey had seen it wrong since she was quite a careless person. But if Shaun was insistent on it, it had to mean that the woman really did look like me.

Even so, it didn’t mean that it was right for them to sneak out.

once, okay? The woman you guys saw earlier looked like me, but it wasn’t me. I would never

that being outside was different from being at home. It wasn’t somewhere they should mess around

said, Audrey frowned, but her anger vanished a while later. She looked

then chimed in, “Your mom was with Summer and me the whole time. We never

a deep sigh and dropped her head. “Okay. I’m sorry, Mommy. I shouldn’t have raised my voice

“But your mistake isn’t mistaking someone else for me. It’s that

her head seemed to have drooped lower as she said, “I’d be

be the end of it,” Emery said. “You might have bumped into some bad guys and gotten kidnapped. Then, you wouldn’t be able to see your mom, or Summer, or your Uncle

into tears the next second. She didn’t dare to cry out loud

soft-hearted moments, let alone a mother like

heart tumbled down and melted into goo the moment I saw my

up to her and swept her into my arms

anymore as she cried loudly. Her tiny arms were wrapped around my neck as she bawled, “I was

of my mouth besides repeating, “I’m glad you