Chapter 24

“Mommy Amber!” The sweet  Angela comes running at me as soon as I open the front door. Tighten her little arms around my legs then look up at me with her big brown eyes. I used to have that kind of eyes too, shining, trusting, loving. God! How can my monster breed such an angelic child?

“May peace be upon thee, Mommy.” She babbles with distorted words that sound more like ‘ma-pi-bi-pon-ti! ma-mi’. She still can’t pronounce the words correctly yet, especially with those ‘r’, ‘t’, and ‘c’. Yes… It’s difficult to understand her sometimes, but it's very easy to tolerate one’s flaws if they have such angelic appearance. I even think