CHAPTER 097

AUDREY'S POV

"My baby… is this really you?” Her voice was soft, almost trembling, as she stepped closer to me, her right hand gently reaching up to touch my cheek.

I nodded, barely able to keep my own emotions in check. Even though it was the first time I was meeting this woman—my biological mother—it didn’t feel like a first meeting. There was something in her touch, in the way she looked at me,