“Argh!” Lenneberg fell to her knees, covering her face as she wailed.
She approached Maya slowly. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I owe you, all of you, so much. I’m so useless, I…”
A streak of red blood dripped down her snow-white chin. No daughter would be able to accept their own mother’s begging.
Maya knelt down slowly, too, her eyes blurring with tears while looking at Lenneberg. “To be honest, I hated you. Dad missed you so much, but you never came back. He always called for you in his sleep…”
“But mom told me not to hate you because you tried your best. You didn’t come back, and that was the greatest protection you gave me…”
“But I still miss Dad and Mom so much, I wish they could come back.”
Lenneberg grabbed her chest as she felt her heart tearing apart.
Maya reached out her hand. “I miss you too, Mom…”
Lenneberg shuddered, and she embraced Maya tightly. “My daughter, my precious baby, I… Have missed you every second!”
The mother and daughter had reunited. Endless tears fell as they tried to relate their infinite yearning for one another.
Alex stood at the side and gently wiped away a tear.
Maya had been with the Rockefellers for a few years. He had never thought that she had experienced such a hard life. Alex wondered how she had survived since the age of ten. Despite going through a lot, she had always kept this story in her heart, telling no one about it. If Lenneberg hadn’t come looking for her this time, she might’ve kept it a secret forever.
He then left quietly to give the two of them some private space.
***
“What did you say?”
As they talked, Michelle ran over.
Michelle had just been treated by Alex, so the problem with her heart was much better now. Yet her face still couldn’t help turning red when she saw him. She’d remembered what happened during the treatment and it made her feel extremely embarrassed. Nonetheless, she had come with some news.
“Alex, something’s happened!”
“What is it?”
Michelle found out something on her streaming platform. A female streamer had been killed during her livestream, and the words of the two murderers had caused chaos on the internet.
“There’s going to be a second spiritual energy tide?”
This news spread like wildfire across the internet as they spoke.
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