Mama Fiona Confession -

Rosa stepped closer. “What secret?”

Fiona wiped her nose with the back of her hand. “So I did. I told everyone you were mine—a late miracle. I cut my hair, changed my clothes, pretended I had been pregnant in secret. Elena stayed in the back room. She lived three more years, silent as a shadow. Then one night, she simply didn’t wake up. The doctor said her heart gave out. But I think her heart gave out the night she tried to leave you.” mama fiona confession

Fiona sat down on the wet grass, and Rosa, numb, sat beside her. Rosa stepped closer