"Grandma, you eat the biggest piece. I’m the youngest. I'll eat the smaller piece." Charlotte handed Daisy the largest piece of watermelon back while nibbling the one in her hand.
"Oh, my granddaughter is so kind. Tell me, what did you learn at school today?"
"Respect our olders.” She thought carefully and said in a soft, tender voice.
Hearing this, Daisy could not help laughing. "Respect our elders, honey, not olders."
"Err, right, elders." Charlotte rubbed her face awkwardly.
Summer kept wanting to talk about the issue but held back, and eventually, she did not ask the question. After lulling Charlotte to sleep, she went to the living room for a glass of water and found Daisy still sitting o n the sofa, sorting out Charlotte's childhood photos.
In front of her lay three or four photo albums. Sitting down on the sofa, she picked up a photo album and flipped through it at random. She found that those were her photos, taken when she was very young. The whole album was all pictures of her when she was still a child, but there were no pictures of her when
she was born.
Her heart trembled more than ever, and at last she asked, "Mom, am I adopted?"
Daisy paused, her face stiffened, then she looked up at her quietly. "What’s wrong?”
"Am I adopted?" She repeated, the voice inside her screaming NO, there must be some mistake! How she wished she would say no!
She said NO ten thousand times in her mind. How strongly she hoped it was a joke, but the reality was cruel!
Samantha, the woman, turned out to be her biological mother! Indeed, she could not accept it, and did not want to accept it!
"But remember, Summer, you will always be my dearest daughter. Blood is just a symbol. I’ll always love you and Charlotte. Do you remember who I took sides with in your fight with your brother? I raised you, and no one can take you away. You are always m y sweet little girl."
She then hugged Summer, patting her on the back as she had done when she was a child.
Summer's breath was steady, and her violently beating heart was slowly returning to normal. She reached out and hugged her mom, and buried her face in her arms.
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