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The Locket
Maria sat in the hospital waiting room, praying for a miracle. “Please God let him be okay” she repeated over and over again.
Hearing about her son’s accident had shocked her to her core. This is not how they would be saying goodbye, she thought, considering how their relationship had been in the past few years.
Adam was Maria’s only child, her baby. She still remembers when she saw him for the first time 19 years ago. He had the same brown almond-shaped eyes and curly hair as hers. Anyone could tell he was her son just by looking at him, he was a replica of Maria.
Well, not anymore.
Over the years the partying, the addictions, the excessive drinking had made him a completely different person. The dark circles under his eyes and the wrinkles on his face had made him unrecognizable to her.
They had tried Rehab a couple of times, but every time he had an excuse and somehow escaped.
After moving out last year, Adam hadn’t been in any contact with his mother at all, considering the last fight they had. He had needed money, but Maria refused, again.
With her double shifts as a nurse, she barely earned enough to cover the rent, let alone give her son money to spend on booze.
