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When I stepped downstairs with Aquarina, I heard a voice I recognized instantly. The beloved voice of my mother, the one I had missed for all these years.
I rushed down the stairs, barely hearing her gentle reprimand as I ignored everything else and threw myself into her arms. Though, to be honest, I had even missed her constant yapping.
"Mom!"
My mother giggled as she hugged me back, her arms wrapping warmly around me. The last time we saw each other was two years ago, and not a single day had passed without me thinking of her, even if just for a moment.
I had grown up with both her and my father always present. To suddenly have her vanish from my life for so long had made me appreciate her presence so much more deeply.
