Amelia couldn't stop the tears from falling from her eyes, her lonely thoughts suffocating her.
The creaking sound of her bedroom door opening snapped her out of her thoughts. She quickly wiped her tears and lay down on her side, backing the bedroom door. She closed her eyes, as she heard the bedroom door quietly closed.
From the unique fragrance exuding from the door, Amelia knew it was Maria. She stilled her breath as she listened to Maria's quiet footsteps approaching her bedside.
There was a pause by the bedside as if she was dropping something by the bedside table.
Then the relaxing aroma of some sort of herbal mixture tickles her nostrils, feeling her with a sense of warmth.
Amelia gulped down the lump in her throat as she felt Maria's soft hand caress her arm tenderly.
"I know you're not sleeping, my darling." Maria gently sat down on the bed, shifting Amelia's scattered hair from her face.
"Oh, Mom." Amelia sat up and embraced Maria, sniffing. "I couldn't sleep."
