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"M-Mommy?"

Rina couldn't help but tremble as tears welled up in her eyes at the sight of her two children standing before her.

She walked slowly towards them, her heart pounding with joy, before enveloping them in a tight embrace.

The children's eyes mirrored her own longing, their tears flowing freely as they clung to each other.

"M-Mommy... we miss you so much, huhuhu!" Venice sobbed, her face streaked with tears.

Venedict, trying to be strong, wiped his tears but also couldn't hold back his emotions.

Rina gently cupped Venedict's face, scrutinizing his features. She noticed the weight he had lost, the same as Venice.

Her heart ached at the sight of them. She hugged them both again, tighter this time, as if afraid they might vanish.

The fear that something terrible had happened to them had haunted her every day, and now, holding them felt like a fragile dream she didn't want to end.