Apricity: Never Apart

the winter continues

Manya fell asleep on my lap, I carried her to her room and tucked her in a blanket, it was cold, and I supposed there would be snowfall in no time, as it was getting too late I blew a few candles to dim the lights in Manya's room and took my leave by placing a soft kiss on her forehead. Sure, Manya is my one and only granddaughter, and I love her dearly. She is very close to my heart, when I am with her I feel like I am with myself, as if she's just another me and I fear that she might even have my fate.

"Oh, Cynthia," A firm deep voice called for me, while I was walking down the hallway to my room, I recognized the voice and turned around to face the owner of the voice, there stood my son-in-law, Manya's father. " You haven't slept yet." He said calmly, this is what I liked about him when my daughter, Elara, introduced him to me. Besides being in a noble occupation, he's a soft-spoken intelligent man. After my daughter Elara, he's the only parent of Manya and he's doing an amazing job raising Manya all by himself. ,

While taking care of my husband, Ryan, and me and working at the same time, Henry has always been such a lovely person to us. "Elara, left so many responsibilities on you, Henry," I say while walking, Henry stopped and tilted to face me, smiled, and said

"Elara left nothing on me, Mother. The moment our eyes met, a connection was formed, Like two souls intertwining, Her eyes, like a pool of silvery moonlight, Captivated me, as I lost myself in her sight, and she fell for my playful grins.
Everything around us faded away, like two destinies that were always meant to be. Her laughter, her touch, her gentle charm,
All these moments are forever in my heart.
All that was hers, and all that was mine fused into one, woven together in the frame of time my love, stood still. " I smiled at his sincerity to my daughter, 'Elara chose the right one.' I made the note to myself.

"In our memories, she's always alive and I'll make sure, in Manya's memories Elara will forever be adored like she was cherished by the village." I said to Henry, to which an ear-to-ear smile appeared on his lips. He walked me down to my room and went up to his.

I open the drawer of my vanity, using a hairpin to lift the false surface of the drawer, letters, and letters. I take out one of those hundreds addressed to me, slowly and carefully opening the old letter, I read it while running my fingers over the words, a few tears drop down on the paper leaving a mark, I fold the letter and put it back within the hundreds and walk back to the bed, slowly drifting into dreamland.

"Oh Mom, how will I survive with you."

"Mom please, please look after my Manya."

"Henry, I love you."

"ELARA! NO!"

" I must leave for Manya to live."

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"Grandma?" The sweet voice brings me back to reality and I look around to meet with the owner of the voice, to my right, sits the little girl, she looks at me with her big doe eyes confusion filled within. "Is there anything bothering you?" She said frowning her brows, I grin at her question and nod my head " I'm very bothered thinking if you're going to finish those pancakes or not, darling."  I said playfully, she pouted and said "I told you, Grandma, I can't finish three, but only two!" Emphasizing the 'two'.  I laugh at her statement "But you should eat more to become a wonderful woman, Manya dear." Ryan says, slowly getting up from his chair and walking away, he fades into the big hallway.

"Grandma,"

"Yes, darling?"

"What happened to Lunabelle?" She asks softly, looking into my eyes with all the curiosity of the world. 'How could I ever resist those eyes?' I thought to myself and spoke "well..."