Firefly Ravine not your little girl anymore

She did not look at Marina as she approached. She knew that hot tears would stream down her face if she did. ..I miss my maman. The confession came out easy, the girl biting back a sob after a moment.

The last thing Leonore wanted was for Marina to believe that she was not enough. The woman had been good to her, but there was always going to be a special place in her heart that held the family she had been born to. Nothing would be able to push them from her mind completely, not ever.

I'm sorry.. She whispered the words after a held silence. Marina was good too, she was great, Leonore loved her, but she missed the creek sometimes. It had been worse since meeting her auntie. More often.