Chapter 10

“Chloe, wake up,” A woman's gentle and ethereal voice rang out.

My eyelids twitched a little.

“My darling, please open your eyes,” the woman said. I felt a warm hand caress my cheek.

Who might she be?

My mind came up blank. Whoever it was wasn’t important.

It was too painful…

Living on was too difficult…

I no longer wanted to live.

“My darling, please open your eyes...” The woman’s voice sounded choked up. “Open your eyes and look at mother.”

I was startled by that. My brain began to process what I had just heard.

The woman said that she was my mother.

No, that couldn’t be possible!

My mother was dead. If she were still alive, my life wouldn’t be as miserable as it was.

She was lying…

“Darling, it’s really me. Please open your eyes.” The woman said, her voice filled with grief. I felt my heart ache on her behalf.

I had never once experienced what motherly love was. To me, mother was but a photo in a picture frame. But I could not bear to see her upset.

I felt my heart soften as she