Chapter 11

AWAKENING ARC

Suspicions and a Sad Memory (3)

Leon’s POV

“Aww~” I heard my mother say. Then, she patted my head. “I have faith in you… I know you’ll do just fine without me,” she said.

“That’s not true! I’m only ten!” I reasoned out.

“For now,” she uttered. “Okay… whenever you feel lonely, just look at the moon,” she advised.

“The moon?” I frowned. “Why the moon, Mom?” I asked.

“I don’t know,” she half joked, and chuckled when I pouted at her. “I mean, just look at it,” she encouraged, and pointed a finger at the moon. I stayed longer that day so it was already night time. “The moon is so beautiful, don’t you think?”

I stared at it for a while. Back then, I never understood what my Mom tried to imply. Who would’ve thought that it was her way of saying tha