It was a dirty and disheveled woman, her clothes torn and ragged.
Even though she couldn't get a clear look of the woman's face, Sabrina could tell that the woman wasn’t young at all from her staggering walk.
In just a few seconds, the woman had managed to run across the street and flee from the scene.
Sabrina, who was standing alone outside the car now, started to feel melancholic.
"Mommy," Aino called out to her.
Sabrina quickly snapped awake and replied, "Baby?"
"What's wrong, Mommy?" Aino asked.
Sabrina shook her head.
She couldn’t explain how familiar she felt the strange, disheveled woman that ran away was. Maybe she made a mistake herself.
Sabrina started to shake her head violently, as if trying to clear the thoughts out of her head.
"Are you okay, Mommy?" Aino thought her mother was suffering from shock.
When she heard this, Sabrina stopped shaking her head. "I'm sorry baby, sorry.”
She couldn’t help but think that she was only met with an accident because of her terrible driving skills.
Meanwhile, another pedestrian passing by who had witnessed the entire thing tried to comfort Sabrina," It's not your fault, she was the one who walked up to the front of your car. It's her own problem!"
Sabrina could only smile politely. "It’s ok, as long as she’s not hurt. If she hadn't run away so quickly, I would've brought her to the hospital for an examination. Sigh, now I won't even know whether she was injured by my driving or not."
The woman smelled like Sabrina's mother.
When she was a child, her father was often sick. As such, her mother had to do all the physically strenuous work at home. Since Sabrina was still very young back then and her mother didn't feel safe leaving her in the house alone, she would bring her along to work. As they travelled, Sabrina would often fall asleep while being carried on her mother's back, and as soon as she woke up, she would smell the sweat on her back.
Throughout the drive, Sabrina's mind lingered on her mother. Before she realised, they had arrived at the mall she had agreed to meet Yvonne and Ruth at.
Three women and a little girl. The four of them went o n a crazy shopping spree at the mall for the entire day.
At noon, they relished on a buffet lunch on the sixth floor of the mall.
Aino was clearly enjoying her day out with Aunt Yvonne and Aunt Ruth. In just two days’ time, she had managed to establish a close relationship with her
two aunts.
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