WRITER'S POV

Vera had spent countless nights lost in thought, worrying about her son. She didn’t know how to make up for the years they’d spent apart, but one thing she was sure of, she wanted him to feel loved, deeply and truly.

He had accepted her back into his life with that first tight hug, but it still wasn’t easy for him to start calling her “Mummy.”

The first time he did, following Timothy’s lead, something fluttered inside her, like butterflies bursting into flight in her stomach. It was a moment she would never forget.

Since then, she had been sharing his room, wanting to stay as close to...