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.

when it hits one. of the ones you love, that's when you really feel it. I guess it's all part of this cycle we call life, but it

grass that sways in the breeze. The world

night sky. That's one of the beauties of

"Beautiful view."

I recognise the voice and my eyes fall on the woman who had rendered me speechless earlier when she walked

body.

blank as I stare at her. She's not wearing that dress anymore, shame really. I'm

not to check her out as I turn away. Surprisingly she sits down beside me, even though she leaves a considerable gap

to say. "As you said earlier, I too know

good as I

right do I have to ask that of her? She turns away and I almost

"Adriana!"

turns and I quickly drop

making me internally

I know. I uh, thanks for checking in. You didn't need to, but you did, so

you need to get off your high horse. I'm not doing you any favour. I'd