I Am The Luna

Chapter 0502

Did she just tell me to shut up and called me an idiot all in the same sentence?

I'm offended

I turn as the door shuts behind her, and I laugh in disbelief. Really?

I close the door to Mom's room, trying not to fall apart. This was supposed to be a special day, one that promises a future together, but right now it feels like tasting a fleeting dream that they both know will never be

The moment she started coughing up blood, I feel that is when it truly hit me that she's not going to get better. I'm losing her... I'm fucking losing her. She has been there for me from the start, never ever treating me differently from Linette, although we are not blood-related. She is my mother.

She always said she wished to see me settle down, scolding me for taking forever to choose a partner, and saying she wanted to see her grandchildren. I wonder what she thinks of Adriana? What would she have thought? For a fleeting moment, I wish I could introduce her, but what's the point? We aren't together.

1 walk through the halls that now feel extremely big, yet I feel closed in, tugging open a few buttons of my shirt. I feel suffocated

Stepping out into the back garden, I head down the winding path lined with large fountains and rose beds, a garden mom was proud of. I close my eyes, thinking her memories will remain in every part of this place.

up for Linette. We're all going to feel Mom's absence. Death is inevitable, but when it hits one. of the ones you love, that's when you really feel it. I guess

the breeze. The world carries on even when someone's in pain, but we don't really care about that unless we're the ones hurting because of

as I stare at the star-filled night sky. That's one of the beauties of

"Beautiful view."

recognise the voice and my eyes fall on the woman who had rendered me speechless earlier when she walked in through the door dressed in a sexy figure-hugging dress that accentuated her

body.

mind seems to go blank as I stare at her. She's not wearing that dress anymore, shame really.

down

say. "As you said earlier, I too know how it

as

She stands up suddenly and I want to ask her to stay, but what right do I have to ask that of her? She turns away and I almost reach out

"Adriana!"

I quickly

she points out, making me internally kick myself for

know. I uh, thanks for checking in. You didn't need to,

horse. I'm not doing you any favour. I'd have asked anyone in your position the