Emberwood I'm inside out, you're underneath

You sound like a good dad, Bhediya smiled. She thought about lucky Lainie must be to have such a devoted parent. Every child wanted freedom, though they rarely understood the cost. She remembered Ishara and how anxious she'd been to leave the nest, even as an infant. 

Kavik had no way of knowing the weight that his question carried. All of my children are grown now. It was the simplest answer she could give without admitting to him her wrongs. Not once, but twice had she abandoned her own. Regret festered in every bone of her body. I haven't seen them in a while.