Claudia POV
A whole night of crying left me feeling strangely empty. Back then, even after my husband and I drifted apart, I still had my daughter to lean on.
Whenever I got depressed over my failing marriage, I clung to her and treated her as my only emotional crutch.
Just looking at how Aurora grew up to be an energetic, honest girl was enough to bring a smile to my face and soothe my cold, dead heart.
All this time, the only reason I could still function normally was because of my daughter. The hope for her to grow up normally became my source of strength.
But the phone call between Miles and Ray was just too much for my fragile heart that I desperately needed my emotional crutch right now.
Now that Aurora was comatose in the hospital, I wanted to meet my daughter in the flesh, caress her cheek to make sure there was warmth under her thin skin, and make sure that she was still alive.
