BROKEN BY A TORNADO
I shut my eyes with my hands, expecting the worst.
Miraculously, I got home when everything had calmed. I got home without Camil. After that day, I always visited the river, calling his name and hoping he'd answer. I still had you in me while I visited the river, for months, until I finally birthed you, Frances.
Olivia looked down at Frances to see if she was sleeping. Frances laid her head on her mom's laps, in bed.
"Reason why you've refused to see another man?" Frances said. "You keep waiting for dad. What makes you think he'd come back?"
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