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didn't want to hear any news. Or even my grandfather. Everything was beco

or what

ed, ashamed, angry at myself for not having se

n the same place

.. I...

bel left this house? – I asked

en mo

Ashley to

s... After you

ny weeks

wered her g

ernanda. I

eek,

a favor

hing,

Andress I was

on't

ley livi

in this house with Mr. Andress. They... They even traveled to

at she can actually come and take over eve

I tried to keep you

yone. I... I need to think

n you won't sta

There... I'll think better... I'm very confu

you with an

er – Call a taxi. And ask me to p

o that. Will yo

– I con

um towards the entrance portico. The night was beautiful for a walk and I reme

s. So why had Andress acted that way,

end! And what happened to Kayde

through the large gates of the luxur

ma'am? – The

ring the address and say

YEARS

taxi door opened and mom got out of the c

would touch the sky. The irons were bent in its central region, forming a letter H,

gate, seeming to have no end. I looked c

rphanage, momm

ly and crouched down, h

l the property of the H

ertainly, looking at the winding stone path

c house. And you will h

these trees? – I was confused looking at

laug

"slender",

odd

en running her hands from the roots to the e

et that I lo

rying, but I

o stay here, mom? Why

erstand that everything I'm doing is for your good. In the future maybe you'll thank me...

imagining that when she left, it would

s on the cheek and then pr

I told you... Be

wi

people treat you, give

s. – I repeated what she pr

ent. Make this family very proud... And win them over. Your heart is pure and true and I know you will never meet som

s I

I raised her away from them, my dear... Even though I knew that one day they would claim what they believe to be the

.. Not stay

miled

preparing you for

't we giv

nately no

ll never se

e our meeting again. I just hope, from the bottom of my heart, that when that day comes, you

lways love

of my nose with he

ost beautiful n

sm

the

I.

belly? – It

– I l

couldn't fall asleep without my mother tickli