Goodbye, My Love

“I assumed she was there for Judie. Whenever Judie was reprimanded for trying to get others to beat me up, her mother would arrive to take her away.”

The memory stirred in Loraine a fleeting pang of envy for children with parents to shield them from their mistakes.

Marco reached out to gently touch her hair, affectionately ruffling it, and for a moment, Loraine’s mind drifted.

She no Longer needed to envy others. Now she had family who would stand by her, and a loved one.

Suddenly, Marco’s hand paused, and his eyes lit up with realization.

“Could it be that your being placed in the orphanage has something to do with her?” he asked.

then admitted, “It’s not

her parents’ car accident had occurred not

connection in Loraine’s mind

grew older, she Looked more and more like her mother. Could it be that Zaria had seen her mother before,

expression

was Lost in thought and failing to respond for some time. A pang of regret washed over him for having broached a subject

around the time of her parents’ accident. By suddenly bringing up this incident, he had inadvertently caused Loraine

the care she had received from Eloise, Loraine’s time in the orphanage had been anything but easy. She had been bullied by Judie and covertly

pulled Loraine into a gentle embrace, patting her back soothingly as though comforting a child. “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t

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dwell on them. As for the Cooper family, you handle them as you see fit. If

of Marco’s arms around her. His words, filled with Loyalty