The One They Lost

Join Rosa in her journey of finding comfort and much more.

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My father took a step forward, reaching for me, but my mother pulled me away. I remember crying, reaching for him, not understanding why she wouldn't let me go to him. The pain in his eyes was something I'd never forget, but whatever words he might have said next were swallowed by my mother's desperate sobs as she pushed past him and fled into the night.

The streets were cold. The city, once so familiar, had become a maze of fear and uncertainty. My mother hailed a cab, her fingers digging into my tiny arms as she held me against her chest. I could hear her heartbeat, a frantic rhythm that matched the pounding in my own chest.

"Just drive," she told the taxi driver, her voice raw. "Please."

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I own this story, most of the chapters will be long some are a bit shorter. All characters in this book I have created.