Swiftcurrent Creek daffodils

dawn was the first of the children to ask why she'd left. for a moment, bhediya was left speechless, but decided that it would be in the best interest of them both to skip the bullshit. sighing, keeping that same smirk, she said, i was young and irresponsible.

it was the truth, which is what she assumed dawn would want. i was immature, she said, but now that i've seen how the kids turned out, i don't regret it. bhediya wasn't ready to be a mom either of the times she'd tried. now, years later, she hoped that that'd changed.

grayday did a better job at raising them than i would have. did dawn have questions? dawn probably had questions. bhe would listen to them and give answers, but she had some things to ask, too! how've you been? she asked, wondering if the conversation would move along.