The woman heard the door opening behind her, opened her eyes, and turned toward Leah. Her voice was gentle and full of affection.“Sweetheart, you’re awake. Are you hungry?”“Mom...”It was her mother, Vivian Kane.No one else would call her sweetheart in that soft, loving voice.Leah’s eyes filled with tears. She hurried to the lounge chair, bent down, and threw her arms tightly around her mother.“Miss Kane, I missed you so much...”Vivian startled at her daughter’s sudden embrace. She patted Leah’s back and spoke gently.“What is it, sweetheart? Did you have a bad dream?”“Mm... Mm...”Leah choked back tears and could barely speak.Her mother was warm and alive in her arms. Leah could touch her. She was real.Leah held Vivian close and buried her face against her shoulder, unwilling to let go.Then she remembered.This was their private vacation villa on Palmhaven, a tropical island in Tavaria.In her previous life, they took this same vacation. Her father, Warren Young, was in B
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