Disclaimer: This chapter contains somewhat traumatising contents (only in the middle). I limited myself to hit only the surface, but that's just my opinion. Read it at your own discretion. However, it is an important chapter, you should read it even if you have to skim it.
Thank you.
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Ellora moved to the other woman—Leroy's mother and her aunt—she hugged her too, and Ellora burst into another round of tears.
"I am sorry, Ellora," her aunt said and turned silent. After several seconds, she opened her lips again. "Have you seen Leroy?" She paused and Ellora remained silent in her embrace. "The next few years will be hard on you, as if it hadn't been already."
