Chapter 15
The Father's Shadow Looms
A potential reappearance or communication from Mia's father forces her to confront the source of her abandonment issues more directly than ever before.
The phone call came on a Tuesday, a day as ordinary as any other. The sky outside my window was a washed-out grey, the kind that promises rain but never quite delivers. I was sorting through a stack of mail, the mundane rhythm of it a familiar comfort, when my mother’s name flashed on the screen. Her voice, usually a steady hum, was tight with something I couldn’t quite place – a tremor of fear, perhaps, or a long-dormant unease.
“Mia? Are you sitting down?”
My hand stilled, the junk mail forgotten. “Mom? What is it?”
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