The lake house is absolutely breathtaking. Undisturbed nature around us as far as the eye can see. We are all on the deck. The men are busy with the burgers talking about football nonsense or something. Cecile and Irene went back to California. Uncle Joe did not want to risk Irene’s safety. Piper and two more warriors are securing the perimeter. Leaving my mom and I sitting back and enjoying the view.
I cannot stop staring at my mother who is sitting across from me, enjoying a glass of wine. My heart wants to shatter into a thousand pieces. I so desperately want to remember her and the bond we had. Mother and daughter fighting side by side. That sounds formidable. But I do not remember it. A tiny part of me wishes I have never learned the truth about where I am from. I did not know what I
