Chapter 30: A Big Question

After taking a shower and having dinner, I was fresher and much better with a full tummy. I knocked on my mother’s room. She wasn’t there when I checked inside. “Mom? Where are you?”

I searched her elsewhere and finally, I found her in our small garden. “Oh, you are here.”

“Here, sit here, sweetheart.” My mother patted the chair next to her.

After I sat, we said nothing for a while. Instead, we enjoyed the comfort of the garden surrounding us.

“Mom, it’s about Ethan that I want to talk with you.”

“Sure, I’m listening,” my mother said.

“Well, Ethan and I had been through a certain ritual in his community that bound us together. He said it was like a marriage for us, Mom.”

“Oh, I see. No wonder Ethan asked for your hand in marriage.”

“Yes.” I nodded. “Because in his world, I’m his wife already. But he wanted to ensure that I’m his wife too in our world.”

“I see. Ethan is a good man, then.”

I smiled a little. “I’m glad that you aren’t mad at him.”

“No, why should I? I like Et