#Chapter 264 – Long Lost

I stare, completely baffled, at my mother – who I barely remember – but it is absolutely undeniable, instantly, who she is. Not only because she looks exactly like me, but because… The things I do remember about her? The way she moves when she walks, the shape her words take as they ring in my ears? They’re…precisely the same. I’d know her anywhere in an instant – because she’s my mother – But… My mother is dead… I blink at her, completely confused, tears filling my eyes in response to the insane rush of emotions that fill me – fear, and…is it happiness? And an unbalanced sort of hysterical humor, at the ridiculousness of the situation? And betrayal – that I know is there - because where the fuck has she been for the past twenty years – “Don’t cry, Fay,” she says quietly, crossing her arms and peering at me. She leans forward to study my face and I realize that, even though I expected her to be taller – because, duh, she’s always been taller – we are precisely the same height. “W