The Past. "Mom" I couldn't believe what I was seeing right now, my mom, whom I believed was dead due to cancer, was standing in front of me in flesh. "Harper," she whispered as she wrapped her arms around me. I returned her hug. When she held me, I couldn't stop sobbing. I began crying like a newborn yearning for her mother's love, and now I am experiencing the mother's love that I believed had been taken away from me. She broke our embrace and kissed my forehead. “I missed you, Harper. You have no idea how I went through my life knowing that my child was somewhere else. I'm sorry for abandoning you, my baby, but I didn't have an option." I wrinkled my brow. What is she on about? And how she's still alive. “Ho…W…whe…n…how are you aliv…” I was cut short as I heard a male voice approachi

