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" Mom?!" I literally shove the hospital curtain aside, feeling impatient about seeing my mother.

I sigh out in relief when I finally see her. The sight of her in a better condition than the last time she was here, eases me more.

I look her over and am able to conclude that she only had hurt her foot. I can't fathom what I would have done, had she experienced sever damage due to the fall. No heavy injuries means that she can come home soon.

She carried way too many things down the stairs and missed a step, causing the fall. I've always said to let me handle all that but with her stubbornness, it isn't easy to get my way.

Had I been there, she wouldn't have had to do all that work alone.

" Milla, how are you here?" She asks in surprise, while receiving my embrace.

" I'm the one who called her, aunt, " Lia explains for me.

" Neil offered to bring me here." I also add, stepping aside so she can see him.

It's been years, so I can understand the moments of silence she takes to just look a