Chapter 82

"Maya, please."

"Mommy?" Maya whispered, as she started crying.

She had been afraid that she would never see her mother again, but here she was.

She ran toward her mother and grabbed her hand. "Mommy!"

Her mother looked at her, smiling. "It's so nice to see you again."

Maya hugged her and started crying.

"Why are you crying? Aren't you happy to see me?" asked her mother.

"Mommy, I was so scared."

"What's wrong?"

Maya hugged her mother, afraid that she would disappear if she let go.

"You don't remember, Maya?" her mother asked.

"Remember what?"

"The other villagers."

"I don't remember them at all." Maya stopped crying.

She pulled away from her mother and looked into her face. "Where are they? What happened?"

"I don't know." Her mother loo