“Certainly you’ll be the prettiest,” Mama said, tucking the hair behind Leni’s ear with a gentleness that reminded Leni that whatever happened, she wasn’t ever really alone. She had her mama.
💔The purest form of love is the love of your child. When they’re still innocent, when you’re still the most important person in their life. Their love is forgiving and unconditional. Cora loves Leni, I don’t doubt that but her blindness and her denial is harmful. Leni doesn’t see that. In her eyes “her mama” is her protector; her safety net, but that’s far from the truth. It doesn’t matter what Cora does to turn things around, one truth will always remain: she could’ve avoided all of this. She will forever carry the weight of that guilt.
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