Unit VIII

"Hana call us as soon as you land," Ava said holding her daughter tightly.

"Haha, I would," Arabella said holding her mother tightly.

Up until this moment, she had thought that going away from her mother was the best decision she had made after deciding on what to study, but at the moment she felt that leaving her mom was not going to be okay at all. Her mother was overbearing but she knew she only did it in her best interest. Now Arabella did not care how many times her mother repeated a statement she only wanted to hold her tightly till she could not again.

"Mom, can I also say goodbye?" Seraphina asked.

Ava reluctantly pulled from her daughter and gently rubbed her face and allowed Seraphina to say goodbye.

"Ane(elder sister in Japanese), I would miss you," Arabella said holding on to her sister.

Leaving home was scarier than she thought it would be.

"Ara be good and call often and be good to Aunty Everly," Seraphina said.

Since they lost their dad both girls grew closer to each other and became inseparable.

"Make sure you come back with a man for Mom's dreams to finally come through," Seraphina said whispering in her sister's ears.

"I hope you get married before me Sera" Arabella whispered back into her ear.

Both girls giggle and spent a little more time hugging.

"Go see grandma, she misses you," Arabella said pulling apart.

When Seraphina clocked twenty-three years old she had a falling out with her grandmother because she had refused to marry and refused all the blind dates they set up for her.

Her grandmother had a hard time believing that a young girl would rather have a career than have tiny human beings popped out of her and this alone made her angry at Seraphina.

Whenever Seraphina visited grandmother treated her quote poorly which made Seraphina feel bad. Seraphina stopped going there altogether.

"It's my one wish," Arabella said when she saw the uncomfortable expression on her sister's face.

The small family learned to live and do the little things for each other because they learned that a person can leave within the blink of an eye.

"I would do it but only because you asked" Seraphina responded kissing her sister's cheek.

"Thank you" Arabella responded kissing her sister back.

"I better get going," she said planting a kiss on her mother's cheek.

Tears flowed from her mother's face. She hurriedly cleaned it as she watched her daughter about to leave her for a foreign land.

"Remember what I said, Mom. No one died so no crying"

All the ladies froze a little at the sound of the word died but they all nodded and gave a last hug before Arabella wheeled away her bag to get checked in.