Chapter Eighty-Four: Make It Stop

"Oh, honey. I have missed you so much." She says, cupping my face with her hands. Her face is wet with tears, but it is one face I am delighted to see.

"Look at you, you're so grown." She chuckles through her tears, wiping my tears with her thumbs. Her golden eyes shine as they look at me, but her face drastically falls as her thumb brushes over my scar as she's wiping my tears. She turns my head gently to the side, gasping when she sees it in its entirety.

I don't know what I expected her reaction to be, but I am genuinely surprised when she plants soft kisses along the scar, making me sob.

"Not even this could take your beauty away." She coos, making me shake my head vigorously.