Chapter 5

In the days since returning to New York, my mother had been finding all sorts of ways to buy me delicious food and fun things.

Whenever she saw beautiful clothes or jewelry that would suit me, she'd immediately order them and have them sent to the house.

Ten years ago, after divorcing my father, she came to New York to start her own business.

Not being able to bring me with her remained a source of guilt even now.

That's why she'd been constantly asking me to come to New York all these years. Now she wanted nothing more than…