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I walked down the street facing my mom’s home as slowly as I could. It was a lively street that was named Flowers and Rues. I used to love this place. It housed most of the facilities that entice a child and the flower arrangement- was mind-blowing. It was planted by one of the past Lunas who after her death, her husband decided to give this place its name. How he came up with it is a mystery anyway.

Standing in front of my parent’s house brought many memories back to my head. It was as if I was back to being sixteen and ready to sneak into the house after spending the night out with my friends. I took in a deep breath as I opened the front door.

“Hey Mom,” I called out into an empty space. Not even one sound could be heard from the house. It was as silent as a graveyard.

“MOM!” I yelled out again. I walked into the bedroom she shared with my father and didn’t find her there. I checked the closet. I went back out to check the bathroom. I also went into the kitchen and found her phone lying there on the kitchen

counter.

Through the kitchen window, I could see a shadow cross my peripheral vision, I almost panicked until I saw the silver-kissed hair that belonged to my mother. She was in the garden while I looked for her through the house.

“Mom!” I called as I came out to the garden through the backyard. She looked up with a smile on her face as soon as she saw me. She removed the earbuds and I shook my head. That was why she didn’t hear me.

“Angela. You came,”

“Of course, I did. That b*stard brought my child back here,”

*You mean, Darius. The man of your dreams,” she replied and laughed. I gave her a bad look but soon resigned to my fate and joined her. I once believed that was who Darius was to me and to whoever cared to listen, I never hesitated to tell them

that

“I was so st*pid and gullible,” I lamented.

“No! You were in love,” She corrected me.

“yeah, st*pidly in love,” I shrugged. I took a closer look at my mom. She had lost a visible amount of weight. Her ey lost its color. She looked as if she bore the weight of the world on her shoulders. She had planted this garden with l together with my father. No matter how much she tried to pretend and c*ack jokes, I know she’s not fine.

the front door. I walked in and couldn’t find you, I thought you got

door because I knew you would be

“ooh,”

would kidnap me here in this pack? Our pack

would make you guys

are equipped with guns like that. No one would try to mess with Darius or

we sat to talk and this civility between us might just be a façade. I would prefer for her to scream or yell at me. At least, she would be showing some emotions

hushed tones as if

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She’s a spitting image of Darius. Your gene didn’t put a fight,” She joked. I scoffed, almost calling her a meanie for her words but something came

saw Reina last night?” Even though it was a rhetorical question, I still

the night with me. She’s such a lovely girl,

opened my mouth to say something but I paused, rethinking my words so I wouldn’t say something disrespectful. “I

was out there losing my mind, she was with my mother who didn’t deem it fit to give me a call and tell me Reina

safe.

why you were looking for Darius. You didn’t trust me enough to tell me what was wrong. How was I supposed to know he took Reina away from you without your permission? I

to drop the topic. “Fine

ask Darius that question, love. He came for her this morning and told me he brought Reina here without

consent.

head. “He’s crazy.

you

his child here, he doesn’t give two

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