Chapter 76: A Mother’s Gift Of Love, Part I
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Pacing back and forth in Nicholas’ office, my anxiousness only continued to grow—for many reasons, most of which I couldn’t explain even if I wanted to. Clutching my Aldric’s love notes to my heart, I closed my eyes, praying out inaudibly under my breath, “Please guide me, my love. Especially as I feel I am so close to faltering in your final wishes. Bestow the never-ending strength and love you provided while you were here with me on this earth. I miss you more than you could ever know every single day, Aldric, and I need you more now than I have ever needed you before.”
“Mother?” Nicholas called out worriedly immediately after I heard the door opening, pulling me from my prayer to his adored father. Rushing to my side, m
