  &quot;Well, you still have enough time to make up for your absence. If indeed, you are truly sorry&quot;
  His mother looked at him, not sure what he was insinuating.
  &quot;I am asking you to be my mother.&quot; He spoke. 
  &quot;I d love to but haven t I lost the right to that so…&quot; She said cutting herself off before she could pronounce the word son. 
  Michael remembered telling her during his first visit that she hadn t earned the right to call him son, perhaps the reason why she had checked herself and stopped from calling him son.
  &quot;Then you should start by calling me son, mother,&quot; he said, calling her mother for the first time.
  He watched her struggle to keep the tears away from her eyes, but she didn t succeed. Soon she gave in to the torrent of tears, allowing it to flow freely.
  &quot;Here,&quot; he said, offering her his handkerchief.
  After she had wip

   Their wedding had been fixed. In the next three weeks, she d be working down the aisle to wed the man of her dreams. The man she was crazily in love with but didn t dare tell. The wedding was fixed for the same day as her birthday and everything was almost in place, it doesn t matter if Michael wasn t around to oversee things with her, it wasn t exactly going to be a wedding in the real sense, maybe it will,&quot; She corrected herself again. 
  It will just be lacking a thing or two. 
  &quot;Love and commitment.&quot;
  &quot;That doesn t exactly make it unreal?&quot; She muses to herself. It was going to be a simple wedding; she doesn t see the need for an elaborate one and Michael has agreed with her so their attendee was going to be restricted to just family and close friends alone which either doesn t have much.
  Tom, her boss had promised to give her away and Dr. Adam who had 

  After the dinner, Michael drove her back to her home and kissed her goodnight at her doorstep before he took his leave.
  Two days after their visit to her mother, they visited his mother. The journey was long and tiring as he d, however, this time Michael didn t miss his way and they were able to get there early.
  His mother was surprised to see him and so was his sister. Michael apologized for having left rather suddenly that day and his mother amidst tears told him she wasn t angry and that she even deserved a far worse treatment.
  He introduced Mitchell to them, if only they have phoned it wouldn t be news to them since it was already news that they were engaged to be married soon, but in this remote village where his mother has carved a niche for herself, it would be hard for her to know what s going on in the outside world. His mother welcomed her warmly and so did Leah. It was

&quot;Well, you still have enough time to make up for your absence. If indeed, you are truly sorry&quot;
  His mother looked at him, not sure what he was insinuating.
  &quot;I am asking you to be my mother.&quot; He spoke. 
  &quot;I d love to but haven t I lost the right to that so…&quot; She said cutting herself off before she could pronounce the word son. 
  Michael remembered telling her during his first visit that she hadn t earned the right to call him son, perhaps the reason why she had checked herself and stopped from calling him son.
  &quot;Then you should start by calling me son, mother,&quot; he said, calling her mother for the first time.
  He watched her struggle to keep the tears away from her eyes, but she didn t succeed. Soon she gave in to the torrent of tears, allowing it to flow freely.
  &quot;Here,&quot; he said, offering her his handkerchief.
  After she had wiped off her tears and calmed a little, Michael placed a hand on her shoulder and told her to fo

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