CHAPTER 1.5.8

" MOTHER!"

She cleared her throat once more and yelled out louder, " Mother! Are you awake?"

Two definite coughs sipped through the closed doors on one end of the corridor. Alicia untangled her hair, releasing the lock on her ponytail and allowing her hair to bounce off her shoulders as she walked over to the origin of the coughs. She opened the door and stared at the bed next to the window, she then turned her attention towards the flapping curtains.

" Mother! Did you get out of bed again!?"

" Well it was hot in here and I couldn't stand the heat!" she said, coughing at the end of her sentence.

" Well you can't move too much or your wounds will open up again."

"... It's fine my dear, in fact, I'm getting better now, you won't have to worry about me anymore okay!"

Alicia walked over to her mother's bed and sat at the edge.

" Now don't be rude and give your mother a hug."

Alicia gave her mother a tight squeeze, relieving all her stress. Her mother looked up at her from where she lay.

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