C34 I Could Never Hate You

I woke up to my mom dragging her fingers across my hair and gripping the points before she twirled them around her finger.

“Oh scarlet”, She said in a soft whisper with her voice betraying her and cracking under the pressure of speaking.

“Mom?” I looked at her worried. She barely cried in front of me and always appeared strong and put together. Her tears dropped on my shoulder