Helanie:
I had walked back to my room—Norman's room—and sat down to rest a bit when I received a call from an unknown number. I scrunched my eyebrows before picking up, and just hearing the voice on the other side already brightened my mood.
"Helanie, how are you?" My mother sounded so cheerful, so full of glee, I knew she was fine. She had told me once that once she went to Arthendel and managed everything, she would call me.
"I'm fine. Oh my god, I can't believe I'm speaking to you again," I said, happily excited.
"I know I have missed you so much, my daughter. You were the only one on my mind, and it had been so hard for me to focus on anything, so I decided, you know what, screw waiting for everything to get normal. I just want to speak to my daughter," she said happily, making me smile on the phone and holding it tightly.
"I have missed you too, mother. So much has happened since I returned," I said in a soft tone.
