Victorious opened the door slowly so she could surprise her children of her presence but as she shut the door and entered the vardo a few steps her children toppled her to the ground. All she could hear was "Mommma!!! She hugged them tight with tears in her eyes. "Hello little ones, have you been good for Tara?" Erma and Jacob both replied at the same time, "Yes Momma we missed ya." She kissed their cheek as she looked over at the girls smiling wide with tears running down their cheeks.
She got to her feet and hurried over to both of them, "You want to give your stepmom a hug, girls." They hugged her tight like they had never before. "Oh I've missed you two. Are you okay?" They both replied, "Yes mommy we just missed you and was afraid you would never return." A frown formed on her face and she knelt down to their level, "Girls, I promised you I would return. Not even a bear could keep me away from you. I may not be your real mom but I love you like your are my own girls." She paused a moment, "Now I know this is hard to hear but I don't think your mom is returning but it's not because of you. You're mom is not herself or she would return to you so I need you to consider me your real mom. Katara and I will take care of you like if you were our own so if you ever need to talk about this please come to me no matter the time."
Delillah listened to her mother and the tears just flowed and hung onto Victorious for dear life. All her hope was now gone. She finally realized her mother was never to return again. She sobbed like she had never before. Lelani just listened and showed no emotion. She looked at Lelani with a bit of concern but let it go for another time. She held on to Delillah and rubbed her back. "It's going to be alright little one. I will never leave you."
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