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

wasn’t somewhere they should mess around as

a while later. She looked aggrieved and guilty as she asked, “Was she really not

to assure her. Emery then chimed in, “Your mom was with Summer

dropped her head. “Okay. I’m

you were wrong,” I said, my voice sterner than before. “But your mistake isn’t mistaking someone else for me. It’s that you sneaked out without telling any of us adults. Think about it. What would you do if Summer

a sideways glance at the security. Then, her head seemed to have drooped lower as she said, “I’d be treated like a naughty kid and be brought away

might have bumped into some bad guys and gotten kidnapped. Then, you wouldn’t be able to see your mom, or

the next second. She

their soft-hearted moments, let

walls in my heart tumbled down and melted into goo the moment

and swept

were wrapped around my neck as she bawled, “I was wrong, Mommy! I won’t sneak out anymore. I don’t

tears, and I couldn’t get anything else out of my mouth