Halley Gomez had spent her entire life escaping her nightmares thus that she'd never remembered them, but she had no notion that those flashes of her contained a significant part of her past.
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"Halley," Tricia too shed a tear then gently caressed her daughter, "Anak, you shouldn't be asking yourself that."
"Ma," Halley tried to pull herself together.
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"Halley, It's not a question of whether I care about you or not because in a heartbeat I'd tell you yes. I have always cared and loved you."
Tricia reached her hands to hold them as Vince listens and comforts them as a father and a husband as well.
"Between you and Abbey, people, including myself, would think I should not even second-guess who I will choose because you're my daughter and—"
"Ma, you're not listening to me," Halley cut her off.
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"I know what you are trying to say, Mama, and I have nothing against what you did. I just said that now because that's how I think back then. That's what I've been holding on to."
She wiped her tears once more.
"I was too young back then to comprehend a single thing of what was going on, eh. But, Ma, now that I'm older, I can fully understand your actions and decisions."
"Anak, I know I did you wrong and you don't have to—"
"Mama, no, please. Don't think that way."
Halley squeezed Tricia's hand as she looks up at them wearing a modest smile on her face as if still trying not to shed another tear.
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