CHAPTER10 There’s so much rain. So much fog. I can’t hear anything, I can’t see anything. I’m scared. “Mama! Mama where are you!? Mama, I’m scared!”   Where am I? Why does it hurt so much? Where is my mom? Dad?   Something touched my foot causing me to start screaming, "Ahhhh help, mama! Papa! Someone help me!” Why can’t I move? Am I dying? Will I die here alone…deaf and blind to the world?   Interrupting my whimpering came a soft, tinkle of a voice, “Shhh baby, I’m right here.”   The grey lifts slightly to reveal a woman with flowing brown hair, and doe like eyes. “Mama!” I exclaim. The woman slowly reaches in, unbuckling and untwisting my seatbelt from around me. Gently picking up my small frame, she carries me away. I cuddle into her chest, taking a peek behind us. The shadow of our upturned car stares back at me. The fog had enveloped the area again, not allowing me to see any details.   Stopping at what must have been a good enough distance for her, she softly sets me down. “No! Let me stay in your arms a little longer! I’m scared,” I cry out reaching for her. With a familiar pat to my head, she shakes hers no. “But mama-“ Cutting me off, she caresses my face and kneels before me. “Sorry my little Eunmi. Mommy hasn’t been very good to you has she?” I blink, confused at her statement. “I should have taught you while I still had the chance. The suffering you’ll endure from here on is my fault. I’ll understand if you want to blame me baby.”   I blinked again, still confused. What is she talking about? What hasn’t she taught me and why would I blame her? “Mama…I don't understand?’   “My dear Eunmi. Mommy is sorry that you had to be born to a woman like me. She’s sorry for placing this burden on your shoulders. But mostly…she’s sorry for leaving you when you need her most.” Tears escaped her, making the back of my eyes burn in return. She’s never talked to me in third person before. She always treated me like an adult, no matter how young I was. Why now is she talking to me like a child?“Mommy?”   She gives me one of her famous dazzling smiles, warming my heart in an instant. "It’s going to be okay. Mama is here," she whispers. My hopes were crushed