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Teetering on the Edge

Author: Lunar Dawn
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-26 11:03:56
Aurora POV

My mind was so overstimulated that it was like my body was on auto pilot as I walked into the diner and dumped my backpack in the break room. I grabbed my apron off of the hook and tied it on. I tried to tell myself that I was being ridiculous and just overly emotional. I left Nate with Phil every single evening when I came to work. I just had to think of this as no different from that.

Yes, I was not going to be seeing him as much as I had in the past but I just had to reason with myself that is what is supposed to happen, now that I am an adult. I am the sister, not his mother. Regardless of how well I have filled that mother role, doing everything in my power so that he never realized that was even missing from his life, it was not my role. I was just the substitute for the one we buried four years ago.

Now, I could step back into the role of big sister. I could enjoy the time I spend with him as big sister and make the most of my time away from him establishing myself a
Lunar Dawn

Two more coming up...we know what's getting ready to happen but that still doesn't make it any easier.

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