...perhaps because I value that she sees in me what Anya could not see. In those times of difficulty, we found a friend in each other, someone to trust and whom we knew would support us without asking for many explanations. Some sort of refuge. And I could have gone anywhere with my children, hidden again and never come out into the light, but I decided to return to the land where I was born, to the family that raised me, and to the life I once left. I also chose to return to her. I did it for Andre and for Sasha; because if something happened to me, if I was not able to bear the weight of the guilt that overwhelmed me, at least there would be someone who would take care of them...
I was blind and hurt enough not to see everything I still had. That, right there; that group, that bustle. A
