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Chapter 5

Author: Ophelia
"Mom, I'm fine. Really. Look at me. I'm okay, aren't I?"

"The healer said as long as I change the dressings on time and get some rest, I'll be fine. Please stop crying."

I reached up and wiped the tears off my mother's face.

"Rowena, your father and I have treated you like a treasure since the day you were born. When have you ever been hurt like this?"

Her eyes went red all over again as she talked. "If the healer hadn't told us, were you just going to keep this from us forever?"

"A wound that b
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