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I stare at dad, Law is sitting next to me with his hand holding mine tightly. "What are we going to do?" I ask quietly, crying, the tears won't stop. They haven't stopped since dad came home, the three of us spent two days with mom before she finally passed.
"We're going to stick together." Law says quietly. I lean on Nii-chan, he mumbles that things will be okay again eventually. "Miss Eleanor needs to leave dad." Law says firmly.
"Law, she just lost her sister." He says sympathetically.
Law shakes his head. "Miss Eleanor said that Mom had once been family. She's been set on taking Azalea away back home to some Young Master, Mom was fine before she refused her request of taking her." Nii-chan argues angrily. "She isn't family."
"Law you can't go blaming her for your mother's death." Dad says sounding exhausted. "Don't talk about that in front of Azalea. The funeral is tomorrow, get some rest." He whispers while tucking us in. Bepo watches as dad leaves the room then looks at us.
"Dad knows it too." Law mutters darkly. "Azalea, don't ever leave my side." He commands while squeezing my hand. "She's gonna try to take you away again. I'm not losing you too." He says in a very hurt tone.
I curl into Law's side while nodding my head. I miss her. I miss how things had been. I don't want to wake up tomorrow to find that this is the reality of everything. I don't want to feel this pain anymore. I want to get away. I don't want to go with Miss Eleanor. I think Nii-chan is right, I think she's the one who made mom sick. I think she's the reason why she's gone. I hate her, I hate this, I hate feeling like this.
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Law and I are dressed in our nicest clothes, Dad is in his official Marines uniform, the nicer than his suit, Shachi and Penguin are dressed similarly to Law, Penguin even took his hat off. Bepo is standing next to me as we all just stare at the grave where Mom is now.
"Azalea, we need to get inside, you'll get sick." Law whispers quietly tugging on my hand slightly.
I rip my hand out of his and shake my head. "No." I say simply as I stare at the spot. "She's gone, I'm not going back to the house, I don't want to." I say stubbornly as I start crying again. "I don't want to go back. Miss Eleanor started packing up my things this morning. I'm not going back, I'm not going to leave Mom. I'm never going to go with Miss Eleanor. I hate her. I hate this." I say as I squeeze the ends of my dress.
"I'm not going to let you go with her." Law says softly. "But I don't want you to get sick. Azalea, you're precious to me."
"You're precious to us too." Shachi says softly. "I'm sorry that you lost your mom."
I don't want those words, I want my mother back. "Can't we just go back to a year ago?" I whisper let out a deep breath. "This isn't right." I whisper as nii-chan grabs my hand and leads me away, Dad following behind us.
"Dad, you can't let her take Azalea away." Law says firmly. "We're all a family and you can't take anyone of us away from each other." Law says turning around to face our dad. "It's unnatural for Azalea to be anywhere but here with us. You can't go away and leave us." Law says crying. "We need you here. We need you more than the stupid Marines."
"I'm sending Eleanor home, alone." Dad says softly. "I wouldn't let her separate us." He says picking the two of us up. "Come on Shachi, Penguin, lets get home. Bepo you're coming too." Dad lets nii-chan and I cry into his shoulders with Penguin and Shachi hold onto his coat crying too.
Bepo follows along quietly behind us, as the snow falls all around I think about how Mom loved snow, she liked playing with us out in the yard, she liked watching Nii-chan and I playing, she liked to sit with dad and talk while Nii-chan and I drank hot coco.
I miss my mother.