"Sweetie, you can't find out yet; it was just an old discussion, okay?"

[Okay, mother. By the way, Tita Mindy earlier informed me that she was departing. How am I to be a mother? [Her words caught me off guard a tiny bit.

I'll vow, "What? What's happening? Sweetie, please give your telephone to Aunt Mindy once more."

Elyse? [Hello?]

Her nervousness is audible in her voice.

Are you leaving because you're mad at me? Just because you've been like that before, Mindy? What is my son saying?

[Grandma needs me in the province; that is the real reason. My sister informed me that my grandmother was ill and that...