lord knows ๏นshe๏น hasn't . no amount of makeup or nice clothing could truly ever disguise the painfully obvious truth . . .
she was an absolute mess . physically ๏นand ๏น emotionally .
for decades she had imagined this very moment โ yet she still wasn't prepared for how it would go , the amount of emotion that would overcome them both when they were reunited .
finally stepping inside the house after a few minutes ,
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vanessa stopped being strong ๏น struggling the moment her mother held her in her embrace , only sobbing more while refusing to let her go in fear that she might disappear like it did in her nightmare ... but this is not a dream , it is reality . +
swallowing the lump in her throat โโ ใ but i digress . and what about you .แฃ are you alright .แฃ i know this can't be easy . . have you slept recently .แฃ ใ
taking notice of vanessa's under - eye bags .
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ใthere is so much we need to
discuss, but right now ... mama's here,
my baby. not gonna let you go.. not again.. ใ
funny, she thought she should be dead too- got the scars to prove that night ++
when the ( for now, to her, ) faceless man did those horrible things.
the house was completely dark and the neighborhood eerily quiet when carol's car pulled into the driveway before she spent the next fifteen minutes trying to convince herself to get up and greet the new owner . ++
arms around the older woman , head on her shoulder without ceasing to tremble .ใ it is really you .แฃ howโโ- I ... ใfingers digging against her mother's back to cling on her , lip trembling .ใ I thought you were deadโโ- he told me ... ใ