---POV Julie---
“Now! I didn’t know you’d be this good of a cook sweetie. This is delicious!” Mom called excitedly after she finished the last bowl of soup I brought over.
“It’s fine mom. Remember, I was a maid before.” I added with a dismissive grin.
She winced and nodded reluctantly. “I’m so sorry I never noticed. When I helped you before, you were so sweet. You brushed off the pain and to see you work the very next day broke my heart, but…you were Jessica’s child. I…I couldn’t possibly help Jessica’s child but, unbeknown to me, that’s exactly what I did. That girl had everything you should have had and was grateful for none of it. That was obvious in her little outburst yesterday.”
I rested my hand over hers and rubbed the back of them softly. “I don’t regret any
