Theodore and Adeline talked for another full hour. They talked about Adeline's mother and father. Adeline told Theodore how her father loved her mother very dearly but her mother was called by heaven too soon. Adeline would often hear this from her father and she shared what she knew with Theodore.
Theodore felt that it was unfair for Adeline for losing her mother at such a young age. He felt like fate had robbed her of happiness by depriving her of her mother. "Is that why you were sad today, because you don't have a mother?" Theodore tried to know the reason behind the pain that he felt in the morning.
Adeline shook her head and replied, "It was not because of that. It was because my other brothers and sisters were mean to me. No one had ever talked to me like that." She looked down and started to fidget her fingers.
