Blinking, I looked at her, my mouth agape. No sound left my lips as I watched her. I didn't know how to react to the revelation because it seemed like my brain wasn't working perfectly.

She placed her right palm on my cheek. Looking into my eyes, she smiled. "I know it will take you a long time to come to terms with this, but you need to know that I'm not lying. I'm indeed your mother or a fragment of her soul."

She looked so sad that I didn't realize what I was doing until I had my palms on ...