'We planned to take them abroad for college and have enough savings for their future. All of this was never part of the plan. We wanted them to be only two years apart so that they could bond well and that part happened.'
'Where did we get it wrong, Alicia? Where did all our plans begin to fail? Why is all of this happening to us?'
I bit my lower lip. I knew it was suspicious that mum had me five years after Alicia but all my life, I thought she just took child spacing seriously, who would have known I was a mistake, a child she had no plans for.
'Mum, these things happen, it's just unfortunate that a lot of them are happening to us.' Alicia comforted her.
'As a teenager, I always fantasized about my life as a mother.'
