FLASHBACK ENDS
Valeria's eyes fluttered close, and a little tear rolled down her eyes. She felt the weight of her memory deep in her chest, the heaviness making her gulp.
"Come in." Magnus's stern voice sounded, and her eyes snapped open.
She quickly cleaned her tears away from her eyes with her fingers, the tips covering her eyes for a second before she removed them and sighed.
"Alright. One, two." She whispered, reaching for the door.
No.
This doesn't feel right.
She stopped and turned around.
"Come on, Valeria. You can do this." She said, fanning herself repeatedly. Her hands closed around the doorknob, and she pushed the door at once.
"Hello father," she blurted out the words before even closing back the door, her footsteps as light as a dove.
Magnus sat on the chair, glanci
