"I miss my mom so much."
After a long while, she heard Maeve whisper softly, "Sister Mia, I dreamed of my mom, and my dad too. He was crawling on the ground letting me ride him like a horse, and my mom was laughing beside us..."
She spoke with sadness, leaving Mia uncertain of what to say.
She also remembered her own childhood without a dad, following Camilia every day after finishing her homework, waiting for her to return, with a hungry belly, only able to eat cold, hard buns.
She hadn't thought of Camilia for a long time, and tears almost fell from her eyes.
"They are already dead," Mia suddenly said, "Maeve, do you understand what death means? Death means they have passed away, and you won't ever see them again except in dreams."
She didn't know why she suddenly said that.
It was so cruel to say such things to a nine-year-old girl.
