Xyla’s P.O.V.“How are you feeling now, pup?” Dad asked me with concern while Mom embraced me tightly.I was startled by my mother’s reaction. I just got out of the car, and she threw herself on me.“Much better, Dad. Thanks for asking.” I answered him politely, but he stiffened.“I am sorry, pup. I am really sorry.” Mom sobbed in the crook of my neck.It’s not like she didn’t embrace me.She embraced me sometimes, but this kind of embrace….I didn’t remember the last time my mother embraced me so protectively.It felt weird and awkward.“Let her go, Elara. She must be exhausted by the journey.” Dad asked Mom in a calm voice.I also wanted to move away from my mother.So, I also patted her back gently, asking her silently to release me.She reluctantly let go of me, but cupped my face.The pain in her eyes sent a sharp pain in my chest, but I suppressed it.No matter how badly she treated me early or how ignorant she was before, she was still the woman who gave birth to me, and before
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