"As soon as those words left her lips, my entire body crumbled, leaving me in a pool of my tears, which rolled quickly down my cheeks and into my cracked lips... salty and cold."
"I had hoped that one day you'd come back for Peter...or...for me," I cried, my voice barely audible across the grave-silent room, and my heart ached painfully against my chest as I sat motionless on the floor in my tears-formed-pool.
"Why? Please tell me what we did wrong for you to turn your back on us. " Pausing, I looked up at my mother, hoping to catch her pretty eyes, but she averted them from me.
"Please tell me, and I will change it in an instant so you can finally let go of your anger and forgive us; plea...please mommy." My voice cracked as I addressed her with the name I had wished to address her wit
