T W E N T Y - E I G H T H

Hysterical cries from Vaughn was heard as she stares at the collapsed building in front of her.

"No!!!" She yells as streams of tears run down her cheeks. Her eyes turning bloodshot red from crying.

Rade held her best friend who’s shattered to pieces. “Rade, my…Mother,” The word finally slipped out of Vaughn’s mouth, addressing her mother.

The boy can’t help but also burst into tears seeing his best friend cry the pain in her heart out. He was a living witness on how Vaughn wanted to be with her mother. Knowing all her pain and sacrifices, she always end up empty handed.

Fate plays its game, and oddly let Rade and Adelaide cross paths. He felt guilty for that. Knowing all this time her best friend sacrifices just to look for her mother without her strict father knowing, he was working with her mother all along.

“Ms. A…” Rade whispers with a hint of pain.