Forbidden Yearning

Noelle's POV

I wipe the tear that leaves the corner of my eye and close my eyes just as the door opens and Mom walks in.

She comes to me and observes me; after a while, she turns off the room light and leaves my ward, leaving me to my sad thoughts.

My thumb comes to my lips, and I touch it. I feel a pain there, and it makes me smile. The pain is a reminder of his presence.

It's a reminder that he