ROWAN I waited in the car outside while Clara went to see her publisher. At some point, I got out of the car, crossed over to a vendor which was a little distance away from the publishing house and bought two bottles of mountain dew. I drank the first one, while I kept the second one in my car as I waited for Clara to come out from the publishing house. I was thinking of playing music on the car stereo while I waited when my phone rang. It was a facetime from my mother. I smiled as I answered, leaning on the driver's seat of the car. She was in her office where I had gotten the car keys from her. Her hair was done in a bun, and from where I even sat, I imagined how her office smelt of strawberries, just like the car did. It was her signature scent, one that I wondered if I would ever forget when I decided to get my own house. At some point, I had begun to even doubt I would get my own house. My mother was all I had, and I was all she had as well. There was no way I was going
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