"Why don't you just abort the baby?" Those words escape Ayana's lips. Ayana smacked her lips in regret when she realized what she just said, but to her surprise, she heard her mother chuckled.
"I don't know. Maybe it was just me being selfish and didn't want to let both of you go. Living by myself without anyone to call family my entire life must have made me feel so lonely. When the doctor told me that I was pregnant, there was a part of me that felt so happy because I would have someone to call my real family. Not comrade, not partner, but family. I was so happy to have someone that was related to me by blood. I was always jealous of people that have families. They have someone they could rely on. The people who will not abandon you no matter how big a mistake you've made. I want that kind of bond. I was selfish, right?" Haruka said with a low voice.
"You are not, mother. Thank you for never thinking of giving us up," Ayana smiled.
