Alvara

My mother's letter was not anything like I'd expected. She'd apologized for the things she'd said the last time we'd met—making it clear that she'd only done that for my own good but had realized that she had no right to control my life.

The letter ends with Mother finally giving me her blessing over my marriage.

Sniffling, I wiped my tears. “I feel much better after reading this letter. Did you still want something out of the box you asked me to pull out earlier?“

“That was going to be the box we're travelling with,” he explained. “I wanted to check if we could use it to pack...