Leonard and Laura jumped for joy upon seeing Meirah nod her head. They hugged her tightly as if she were going to disappear if they blinked their eyes.
Happy tears cascaded from Laura’s eyes. Her long-lost daughter… was now back. She will truly be back when she enters their house. Laura couldn’t be happy anymore.
“Ahh… I can’t breathe, m-mom,” Meirah said in a broken voice.
Laura broke the hug immediately and looked at her with wide eyes. Her daughter, who called her Ma’am until now, called her Mom. This means she accepted Laura as her mother. And she doesn’t and wouldn’t alienate her by saying she is not her mother. A bubble of happiness burst in her heart, filling it with happiness and joy.
“Did you hear that, honey?” Laura spoke with eyes full of tears.
She was the mother of four c
