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“Let’s go home. I don’t want to stay… here.”

“Okay, okay, going home.”

Maureen reached out and picked her up.

Zoe was so thin, almost nothing but bones. Maureen didn’t have much strength, but could easily lift her.

She carried Zoe, walking along the long corridor, talking as she went, afraid Zoe might suddenly leave.

“We’re going home now, for Christmas Holidays. We’ll bake Christmas cookies together, and change into new clothes. Ethan and Jacob will give you kneel–and–beg.”

Zoe listened as Maureen’s voice grew softer, and her vision grew blurrier.

Maureen felt her breathing was extremely weak and couldn’t help calling out: “Mom.

Mom, you mustn’t leave, please? I’m begging you. You promised to always stay with me.”

In her heart, she’d long regarded Zoe as her biological mother, even closer than her biological mother.

Hearing herself called “Mom,” Zoe mustered her last strength to answer: “Okay.”

As the word faded, the hand resting on her chest dropped limply.

Maureen realized for the first time how endlessly long hospital corridors were. Standing midway, staring at the distant light, her throat burned raw.

“Mom, mom…”

But the woman in her arms could no longer hear these pleas.

When Geoffrey’s group arrived, Justin saw Maureen alone, cradling Zoe’s lifeless body.

“Mommy.”

Seeing this, Ethan understood what happened, his eyes reddening instantly.

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before whispering: “Grandma’s asleep. Let’s take her home for

overwhelmed her–vision blacked out as she collapsed

over and caught Maureen in

her eyes reopened, Maureen was

couldn’t believe Zoe was gone. Just yesterday she’d been fine, promising to always stay

stayed close to

Seeing Maureen

her eyes, Ethan immediately called out: “Mommy, how are

stared blankly at the

Ethan: “You go out

“Why should I leave?

don’t you get

Ethan protested stubbornly.

word, Geoffrey stood up, grabbed

trouble

His voice was ice–cold.

Ethan pursed his

him, returned to the room, and

I won’t see it. No need to

Maureen remained silent.

bed and pulled her into

Maureen finally

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coming

“Yeah.”

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“Zoe’s gone.”

Maureen elenched Geoffrey’s shirt.

a kiss

her tears had run dry, yet she broke down once more, tears rolling down

If not for me, she wouldn’t

left you a letter. Deborah delivered

looked up

the bedside drawer, and

tore it open

a few sparse

you read this, your mom’s already gone. Don’t grieve–this is

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