Teresa Days passed after that, and my mother didn’t respond. Occasionally, I would go to her room to check on her, to see if she’ll move again like she did the other day, but nothing happened. I’d spend hours waiting for her to wake up, but she won’t react. Sometimes, I ended up leaving her room whenever I got tired. Sometimes, the brothers would be the ones who would lead me out. I wanted to live with my mother again, even if it was just for one minute. I wanted to talk to my mother, the real Milinda, without anything possessing her, but as the days progressed, it looked like I may never experience that.This was two weeks after I’d recovered. I was in Milinda’s room, sitting beside her bed, her hand in mine. She was still as she’d always been, eyes closed. Face pale. It was almost as if she had died.“Mother,” I called. “I don’t know if you can hear me, but I need you to come back to me, even if it’s just for twelve hours. I know we may not have had the best relationship… but
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