Chapter 211 - Fate (1/2)
”And then?” Lena was curious. ”Did the old lady say anything else?”
”Hmm... I don't remember. But I kept praying as she said. Even when the doctors said that I had a high chance of not conceiving again, I was still hopeful. I truly believe that my sweet baby was in a better place.”
”Yeah... me too.” Lena softly replied.
”It was about a year after that I got you. You were a gift. Even though the doctors said I could not get pregnant again, I did not care. One child is all I needed to have a complete family. That's why we should go pray once a year at the shrine. To be thankful and bless your sister wherever she is.”
”We should go visit it next month.”
”Yes. Your dad, me and you. We will go together.”
Lena stayed with her mother as they just sit and had a good time bonding more as mother and daughter. Lena was laughing at the stories her mother was telling her about how she would pee everywhere when she was young.
Lena would run around half-naked around the farm.
”Lena?” Shen Milli called her name.
”Hmm?”
”Are you seeing someone?”
Lena stopped laughing and dropped her smile. ”I--- What makes you think that?” She tried to avoid the question.
Shen Milli held Lena's hand. ”Becuase.... you have been happier.”
”I...” Damn... What was Lena suppose to say now?
”Don't tell dad.” She quietly replied. There was no use lying if she got found out. At least her mother doesn't know who she was with at the moment.
”Why? We would be happy for you.”
”You think? Dad would probably land a few punches and break his bones.”
”Is he someone bad?” Shen Milli asked.
”No. Maybe. Not for me... He...”
Shen Milli patted her head. ”You don't have to tell me. If you love him, then we will love him too.” She cleared her throat. ”Just make sure you use protection.”
”MOM!” Lena shyly looked down.
”What?! It is perfectly normal to be sexually active your age.”
”I don't like this topic.”
”Why are you so shy, Lena? I gave birth to you, I know how you are. You had to hold it so long for Andy but you're free now.”
”We are not ready!”
”You'll never be ready for anything. You'll get more nervous if you plan it. Just let it go and be natural. Just make sure you play it safe, aye? Do you want me to help you get some birth control pills?”
”MOM! I am going to sleep.”
Shen Milli laughed. Her daughter was growing up so fast. As long as Lena was happy, safe, and healthy, Lena should have the life she wanted to have with no restrictions.
”Yes, yes. Go to sleep. I won't tell your dad... But don't keep him too long from us or you dad might really break his bones.”
”I know...” Lena kissed her mom goodnight and head out of the library. She quickly ran upstairs and jumped on her bed.
She flipped her body so she was staring at the ceiling. She raised her hand up and looked at it.