ALLISON ?

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　　I was surprised to hear that. Mother never told me this for once all those years I kept asking her, but all of a sudden she is telling me now. Could that mean...?

　　*Could that be mother knows some thing that I don't?* I thought to myself as I stared at her.

　　"Do you know some thing about this mark, mother?" I asked.

　　"Allison. . ." She tried to give her usual excuses but this time I wasn't interested in listening to ...