In the middle of the night, on where the stars and moon sparkling in the dark sky, that lightens up the road at the night. The little creatures
little children
in this world that God made up, admires everthing that they saw or they just heard of, just like Thalia Paige Levine. Little Thalia admires the princess named Cinderella, that her Mother Tania always talking about.
Thalia always wanted to hear the story of Cinderella and never get sick of hearing it again and again. She always asking her Mother to read the book, even it isn't the time for her to sleep. Thalia also admires her Mother Tania, for being brave, smart and beautiful for her. And Little Thalia likes her Mother a lot, because Tania never tried to broke her promise and never tried to keep a secret to her child. But not after she felt sick and tried to hide it, into her beautiful child.
"Mom, are you okay?." Little Thalia asked her pale Mother Tania that was lying in the bed.
"Mommy is okay, don't worry about me sweetheart." Tania smiled and kissed Little Thalia's forehead.
After she kissed Little Thalia's forehead, she cough and feel the weakness of her own body.
"Mom, are you still okay?." Little Thalia asked again, while she hold her Mother's hand.
Before Tania replied into her child's question, Thalia's Father, Phillip Levine came inside to the room on where his Wife lying in the bed. He walk inside and stand next to his child.
"Thalia sweetheart, can you leave us alone for awhile?, mommy and daddy will just talk for a moment." He pleased Thalia.
"Okay." Thalia said and leave the room.
When Thalia leave the room, the couple are talking something that Thalia must not hear.
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And after a minute, Phillip leave the room while he's wiping his tears on his cheeks. He went downstairs and go to the living room, to sit beside his daughter.
"What's wrong Dad?." Thalia asked and stop playing with her own dolls.
"Nothing, sweet heart." He sniffles and tried to smiled to her daughter.
"You can come to your Mom's room, she wants to tell you something." Phillip said to her daughter.
"Okay." Thalia put down her toys and run upstairs.
When she went to her Mother's room, she sat at the chair next her Mother's bed.
"Sweetheart, are you going to get mad at Mommy, if i said that I'm going somewhere far away?." Tania said while she's looking at the white ceiling.
"No, there's no way i will get mad at you Mommy, just be promised that you comeback after that." Thalia replied.
"Is that so, hmm so it's okay that i go far away?." Tania asked again.
"Yes, just comeback quickly." Thalia said.
"What if i didn't comeback immediately?." Tania asked again.
Thalia didn't respond to what her mother asked, and she just looked at her.
"Why are you not answering my question?." Tania looked at her child.
"Because I don't know how to answer that." Thalia innocently answered.
Tania giggled into what Thalia's said and smiled.
"Really?, so i guess i can't leave you here." Tania started to feel the tears escaping into her eyes.
"What's wrong Mommy?." Thalia asked while wiping her Mother's tears.
"Mommy was just worried that i can't leave you here alone." She keeps crying.
"Mommy, don't worry about me, I still have daddy by my side, until you come back." Thalia answered that Tania got suprised about her child's answer.
"You're growing up already." Tania said, and tried to sit at the bed.
"Sweetheart, would you mind if i asked you to read the book that you like? Mommy wants hear a story." Tania favored.
"Okay." Tania run out of the room quickly.
She quickly came back, with the Tale of Cinderella book that she really like. Then Thalia reads the book straightly, with a expression that her Mom always do, when she finished reading the book for her, Tania pat's Thalia's head.
"You grown up already, Thalia." She said.
Then Thalia put the book in the small table next to the bed, and Tania suddenly talk about something, that made Thalia listen to her Mother.
"Thalia, I wish I can see you become a Cinderella someday, a Cinderella that has a wonderful life with your own brave prince. I wish you can be brave as Cinderella, even you don't have me by your side. And i wish that someone can fulfill my incomplete love for you, my daughter." Tania patted Thalia's head and smiled while the tears on her eyes fall.
"Promise me that you will do the thing that I said." Tania added.
"Promise me too, that you will be back after." Thalia said and she put her pinky finger in her Mother's pink finger.
After their long conversation, they already put Tania in Ambulance, to go to the Hospital. And Phillip, didn't go with Tania and stayed with her own daughter.
Phillip was crying when he saw her Wife leaving. He can't bear to see her Wife suffering in the hospital, that's why he didn't stayed with her, and just stayed with their daughter instead.
"Daddy."
"Where is mommy going?." Thalia asked her father.
Phillip wipe his tears, and he tried to calm himself. He faced her daughter by sitting beside her to have a same level of height with her daughter.
"Mommy is going to live faraway, but don't worry sweetheart, Mommy will be back to read the book that you really want." Phillip brushed Thalia's hair by his left big hand.
Thalia smiled while hugging her favorite book, and Phillip can't hide his fears that he might end up being a liar to her own child.
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