49. OLD LOVE

~ZIRA

My heart jumped at the news. Even though I knew the outcome of the story, it still got me on edge. I suddenly realized that I was holding my breath and I continued doing it as I listened to what I came to realize was my parent's love story.

Father had after all said that he would start from the beginning. I guessed this was why they were giving me all this back story.

Mother cleaned her throat and continued where she left off. "The moment he told me that Tyrone was gone, I felt my heart shatter and I thought I was going to go crazy. I felt as if I was going to die if I was not reunited with Tyrone again. So I made the wildest decision I had ever made my entire life and that was going after him," she narrated.

I widened my eyes and this was when I felt true connection with her. Maybe my father was right after all about me being exactly like her. I knew her to be someone who always went by the books yet there she was, breaking one to secure her future life.

"Did anyone know that