Chapter 16. Stefan and Anna's Wedding

"In all the world, there’s no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there’s no love for you like mine."

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Azura’s POV

 We arrived at Stefan’s house for dinner. Gran and mom called me and made me sit with them. We chatted about our childhood memories, Adrian’s childhood antics, as well as my family. Gran asked me about my parents and I told them everything about how my mom left us to marry her boyfriend and shifted in with him. Remembering everything after so many years made my heart heavy.

Since childhood, I had grown up seeing my mom fighting with my dad, asking for expensive, luxurious things, which dad couldn’t afford. Still, he tried to keep her happy, but she was never happy. After his death, she sold off our ranch in Texas and shifted to New York, and found work in a departmental store. The pay wasn’t enough for the four of us and the constant poverty, and three children to provide for started taking a toll on her nerves. She would