Chapter 14

Freya Rose

I looked over at my mom, and she was wide-eyed just staring at me with her mouth open. I looked from side to side awkwardly and raised my own eyebrows, and then plastered a fake toothy grin on my face.

“Wow.”

I dropped my head and shoulders and began to weep.

“Oh, Freya, I'm so sorry. I should have told you a long time ago. At least then, I would have been there for you to talk to when all of this was happening.”

“It's okay, mom, you were only trying to protect me,” I replied between sniffles.

We sat back and I rested my head on my mom's shoulder, then we just enjoyed the peaceful silence for the rest of the flight home. When we finally landed, we jumped into a cab and headed straight for the clinic. My head was thinking all sorts of awful things, and in the end, I had to close my eyes and concentrate on my breathing. I was trying so hard not to ascend in the poor cab driver’s car. My mom could sense that I was struggling, and held my h