words flooded.— [sofia/emma]

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I had a lot going on in my mind. And sure, I was an adult. But a girl is never too old for advice from her mother. Especially when her mother is the kindest woman on the planet. Especially when her papa would probably have a stroke if he knew everything, literally. Mama was my rock, she always had been. Sure, I'm a daddy's girl in many aspects. But with mama I worry less about stressing her out with my problems, with my life. Papa has a district to worry about, and an entire nation he's trying to fix.

I haven't decided on how much I wanted to tell papa about all of this, if anything. I wasn't sure if Eurytion was even interested in me for sure. I knew Lorenzo was. Why was I so stressed about a couple of men I'd likely never have to see again? I'm not usually one of the girls worried about men. Mama would help me figure this whole mess out, I knew she would.

Once I saw papa leave their cabin from my window, I headed over. I didn't need papa to question what we were discussing. I trusted mama not to tell him, but I wanted to avoid any issues over all. After all, the whole goal of this was to avoid stressing him out. My worst fear was having to watch him suffer through another stroke. We've almost lost him a few too many times. Without him, our family as well as the district would fall apart.

I knocked at the door a few times before slowly pushing it open. I saw papa leave and Yani was staying with me, so I knew mama was alone. But I didn't want to risk Yani getting curious and coming over or papa walking in in the middle of our conversation. Plus, it was a beautiful day outside in a new place. A walk sounded nice.

"Mama, can we go for a walk? Maybe talk a little bit?"