Annie walked over and knelt in front of her. “Sweetheart, your mommy… She’s gone somewhere really far away.”
“Oh,” Candice responded with surprising calm. “When is she coming back?”
“Sh–she’s not coming back.”
Candice tilted her head and thought for a second. “That’s good, then. She always made Mommy Yvonne upset anyway.”
The words pierced every heart in the room like a blade.
“Candice!” Bowen looked at his daughter in shock.
“What?” Candice blinked innocently and walked toward Yvonne. “Mommy Yvonne, are we still going to the amusement park?”
However, Yvonne had already been handcuffed by the police.
Candice’s voice turned anxious. “Mommy Yvonne? Where are you going?”
“Sweetheart…” Yvonne tried to say something, but the officers were already taking her away.
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“Mommy Yvonne!” Candice ran after her. “Don’t go! Mommy Yvonne!”
She did not even glance at the bedroom upstairs, where her real mother would never wake again. All her attention was still on Yvonne.
“Why are they taking Mommy Yvonne away?” Candice cried, tugging at Bowen’s hand. “Was it Mommy? Did she do it? She always does this! She always wants to take Mommy Yvonne away!”
“No, Candice! That’s not it!” Bowen cried.
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Candice screamed, “Yes, it is! I hate her! I hate Mommy!”
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Even though Kathleen was already gone, her daughter was still
those
Bowen wrapped his arms around the hysterical child, tears too little to grasp what she had just lost.
his
He
know Candice
young to understand what death meant,
Maybe one day, when she grew up and finally learned the truth, she
more than anything, and she would regret it.
Ould realize
that
the
woman
she claimed
to hate had been the one who loved her
However, by then, it would be too late.
Just as Kathleen had predicted, she left behind
a
The most tragic part was that her five e
who had loved her more than her own life.
for
Veryone using her life
as the price.
was still crying over losing Yvonne, not knowing that what she had truly lost was a mother
