Chapter 672

Chapter 672: Frowning, Harlee opened it, thinking it might be Etta pulling one of her usual stunts.

However, to her surprise, she found her mother.

Usually, Skyla would be asleep at this hour.

What was going on? Mom? Why are you still awake? Harlee asked, slightly surprised.

Skyla stood awkwardly, her smile strained.

After a moment, she hesitantly asked, Harlee, may I come in? I need to talk to you.

Of course, Harlee replied, stepping aside to let Skyla in.

They sat together on the sofa, but Skyla appeared burdened, unsure of how to begin.

Several times she tried to speak, only to stop short.

Skyla believed Nyomis words without hesitation.

Nyomis sharp memory could recount events from many years ago, and there was no plausible reason for her to fabricate such a claim.

Yet, Skyla felt conflicted.

her daughter with compassion or stay silent to avoid stirring up painful memories? After wrestling with her thoughts, she resolved to address

you as a child… Harlee felt a ripple of surprise wash

recognition, she couldnt place where she might have seen Nyomi before, perhaps

Skyla added, Nyomi mentioned spotting you in a small park years

were just a small girl, always wandering

surge of forgotten memories overwhelmed

She remembered now.

her in that treasured nook of her early

refuge, especially on the days Averie shooed her

one such day, driven by hunger, Harlee had approached Nyomi, who was holding a piece of bread, and timidly asked to share it, even

had become a guardian angel of sorts, occasionally appearing with treatssometimes delectable pastries, other times

several encounters, Nyomi vanished

the kind elderly woman to be

twists of fate were

Harlees eyes, unable to read her

she took Harlees hands in hers,

my carelessness that lost you, leading to your

a subtle flutter

precisely what she had predicted, and that was why she had kept her suffering in

a comforting grip on Skylas hand, Harlee

Mom, dont blame yourself.

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