Soul Harbour

0.14|when hit by a memory|

0.14|from Sabah's tape recorder: when hit by a memory|

Both of them jumped, immediately withdrawing their hands at the sound of my voice and I raised my eyebrows, not yet understanding why I had interrupted them. I didn't even need to think. I had just spoken up at the most wrong time ever and instead of wishing I hadn't said anything I continued in a voice that sounded alien to even my ears, "Sorry to interrupt you two lovebirds but coffee is here."

It was so much easier to continue without thinking.

Of course they burst out into loud protestations. What was this? High school? They were behaving like shy teenagers and blushing. Kids these days.

They helped pushed down the inexplicable uneasiness I felt a bit because I couldn't help smiling at how lovely Auburn looked. Her frown of the early days was replaced by a difficult to contain smile and I could hug Anthony for that. For that and for transforming my Auburn's dull evenings of checking test papers to these happy ones.

My Auburn.

She wasn't my daughter.

My daughter.

And then everything that I had tried to forget, locked deep inside me, came crashing out. With the crash of the tray falling from my hands, it hit me that no matter how I tried to pretend, Auburn wasn't my daughter. My daughter was somewhere out there and she didn't know I existed. Even if she did, she wouldn't care.

I didn't glance at their horrified faces, I just ran. I heard a chair being pulled out and then another. Auburn's soft voice was whispering but I could hear her, "I'll talk to her."

I couldn't see but Anthony must have nodded. I did hear him say softly, "I'll clear this up, you look after her."

That's when I burst into tears. 

[finally reaching the second stage of the plot phew.

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