ARIA My mother's message came in the form of a short note slipped under my door, asking me to meet her in her private sitting room that evening, just the two of us. The handwriting looked shakier than usual, like she'd written it in a hurry, or with a hand that wasn't quite steady. I stared at the note for a long moment before I finally tucked it into my pocket and went to find her, a strange, heavy feeling already settling low in my stomach. Her sitting room was warm and familiar, the same soft yellow curtains I remembered from childhood, the same worn armchair she always curled into with a cup of tea. But when I walked in, she wasn't sitting. She was standing by the window, her arms wrapped around herself, staring out at nothing. "Mom?" I said softly, closing the door behind me. "You wanted to see me?" She turned, and the look on her face made my heart drop straight into my stomach. Her eyes were red, like she'd already been crying, and her hands trembled slightly as she gest
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