C160 LOVED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY

Marie looked around the room. She was grateful that the crowd had fizzled out. She looked up to Cade, who was standing behind Ophelia, starstruck by what he had just heard. She wondered what thoughts must have been running through his mind.

"You are my mom, right?" Ophelia asked again after a while. Marie wished she could shake her head and just get out of this situation