Chapter 40 (1/2)

Chapter 40“…”

Raphael could not take his eyes off her brushwork For hours, Elena concentrated so much that she felt as short as the moment And the brush strokes that seemed to never stop became quiet

Elena could not take her eyes off the painting with her palette and brush down

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And she shed tears They were tears of longing that werethan sadness or pain

‘Ian, it’s Mom’

The portrait painted on the canvas was Ian, the only son born to her and Sian When she faced the dead inside her canvas, the feelings she had kept repressed caet you’

Elena, who returned, buried Ian, as never born, in her heart She tried not to rationalize and re he was better on the other side There are no parents in the world who forget their children

Yeah, Elena forced herself to turn a blind eye The ht of Ian hurt so ht of Ian, she thought of her husband, Sian, who hurt her, and she felt like she was going to collapse

But not any She won’t turn away, she’ll keep it Although they cannothim in her heart Because she’s his mom

“M-Miss Lucia”

When Elena burst into tears, Raphael was embarrassed because he didn’t kno to coot so ely”

Elena, who caht of her eh it could only be seen as a portrait, she could laugh painfully at Ian

“He’s a brighter kid with a s”

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“The co are terrible I drew it because I was so is I don’t think I can help What should I do?”

Elena laughed bitterly The painting was drawn to help Raphael a little But she felt sorry for drawing a picture of herself facing and healing herself

“Oh It’s too ain I can’t do this anymore because I’m shy I want to run away”

Elena hurriedly took off her apron and robe and left the studio as if she was really running away

“H-hold on”

“Next time I can’t look at your face”

Raphael chased and tried to catch her, but Elena ran out of the hallway earlier Raphael returned to the studio as if he had no choice but to face Ian’s portrait, which Elena had painted

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To evaluate Elena’s portrait in a soberroom She has a basic sense and skill, but she can’t use advanced techniques, so the expression of the painting has fallen off Nevertheless, Raphael could not take his eyes off the painting

“I think I know a little bit”

He watched Elena’s painting process froet the tears she shed The process was a work that contained a part of the soul that a human had lived with

“What’s the real picture? What do I lack?”

Raphael could not leave the front of the portrait for a long ti, which Elena left behind, was a uidebook for Raphael

Elena couldn’t find the studio for so to think that she had done a poor job when she always talked about the painting Her face was still burning, considering that she was crying and unable to control her eain”

It , but it contains all of Ian, who in the stomach for 10 months The unfaiving birth There was no day after Ian was born that was not brilliantly beautiful to Elena

She failed to protect Ian The depth of the despairing remorse was beyond measure That’s why she asked No, she turned a blind eye It was rationalization for , your h Ian will live in Elena’sto need help fro to reality, Elena reversed what had been done so far May succeeded in i L’s na before they would feel indebted to her if she continued to provide regular help And to do so, she needed soe them outside of May

“Well, he’s thethe Duchy, Elena had considered so an academic institution by chance, it was appropriate to recruit him

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