Chapter 4

For a moment, I thought I heard Mom's voice.

She gently called me Emily, and even got me a cake that was so tasty and sweet.

Her smile was even sweeter than the cake I was holding.

Mom said, "My darling, happy birthday."

Right, today was my birthday.

The truth was, she remembered after all.

So, when one was about to die, he could feel a kind of love he had never known. Maybe this was what the parallel world adults always talked about.

If only I could, I'd stay here forever and never wake up.

But then, the door…