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

had occurred

previously elusive connection in Loraine’s mind began to

family had often remarked that as she grew older, she Looked more and more like her mother. Could it be

bewildered expression earlier would

and downcast eyes, noticing that she was Lost in thought and failing to respond for some time. A pang

of her parents’ accident. By suddenly bringing up this incident, he had

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

her back soothingly as though comforting a child. “It’s my fault. I

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

His words, filled with Loyalty