My mom’s the raider, and my dad says fuck her.
My mom said she was on a mission. If she couldn’t make my dad fall in love with her again, the system would wipe her out.
Completely erased from existence.
I secretly told Dad, but he just said, “Then let her die.”
Mom heard it too. She didn’t cry. She just held me gently.
Later, Mom really died.
But my cold, heartless dad, he went crazy.
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Mom slept for a really, really long time. It was way past time to take me to preschool, but
she still wasn’t awake.
I touched her body. It was cold, and stiff.
Not warm and soft like usual.
“Mommy, I’m hungry.” I shook her hard, but she still didn’t open her eyes.
She wasn’t like this before.
Before, if I just whined a little, she’d wake up instantly, pull me into her arms, and soothe me gently.
But now, she was sleeping so deeply.
I pulled the blanket over her to cover her properly then elizab
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Dad hadn’t been home for days. Our neighbor, Ms. Davis, said his first love, Celeste, had divorced and come back last month, and that he didn’t want Mom and me anymore.
Ms. Davis also said Mom looked a lot like Celeste, and Dad must have married Mom because he mistook her for Celeste.
I didn’t know what a “first love” was, so I went to ask Mom.
Mom was quiet for a long time before she said: “It’s about what you never truly had, what’s forever in the past.”
I didn’t get it.
I started to hate the moon.
Because it took my dad away.
