8 About her illness

"Mom, what's wrong and what's that thing in your hand",Autumn asked pointing at the envelope.

" Where's your sister?" Lorraine asked without looking at her daughter.

"I sent her to get flowers from Mamacita's garden. But mom...."

Autumn didn't end her words when her mom cut her off "I don't have enough time,the doctor said I'm at the last stage and all I can do now is spent enough time with my family", she told her daughter in between sobs.

"Mommmm", Autumn knelt at her mother's feet and started to cry along. Her mother held her so tight like her life depended on it.

"Mom it can....'t be true. No!! I'm yet to receive an admission... fr...om the University,L....arry is still not in his right form yet and Aria...,sh...she is still young,you can't go and leave us with daddy,you know how he is these days.....he hates us",Autumn cried her eyes out as she spoke to her mom,she even stuttered.

Lorraine couldn't speak a word,she just kept on holding Autumn in her embrace for the moment.

Autumn was also the only one who knew her dad have an extra marital affairs outside, that's why he doesn't spend time with his family. He never sleep home during weekends and he always lie about his whereabouts. Autumn even knew that her parents are planning on divorcing and that her mother has been hiding it all along.

Whenever Autumn ask her mother about their father's recent behavior, Lorraine changed the subject,she didn't want her kids looking at their dad like he's evil;but he was evil.

He's had this outside mistress for over a year now and Autumn knew everything,her name is Judy,Autumn even knows where she lives because she'd check behind her father before.