[Motherhood is a choice you make every day, to put someone else's happiness and well-being ahead of your own, to teach the hard lessons, to do the right thing even when you're not sure what the right thing is ... and to forgive yourself, over and over again, for doing everything wrong.]
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"Sis," Axel called, eyes swirling with worry as he gazed at Heaven next to his chair. "Are you alright?"
Heaven had her eyes fixed on the table a few meters from her. There, on the corner table, was the woman and the officers who came. The woman was giving her statement, keeping her head down. One could see different emotions on the woman's face every passing second, but the one that dominated her weary eyes was helplessness.
"Today, I learned something from her, Axel," whispered Heaven after some time while narrowing her eyes. "I could be in that situation."
