Mama Fiona — Confession [new]

Fiona let out a sound—half sob, half laugh. “You’re not angry?”

“And you raised me alone. All those years. The night fevers. The school plays. The first heartbreak.” Rosa’s voice cracked. “You did that for her.”

Rosa felt her throat close. “She drowned?” mama fiona confession

Rosa was crying now, silent tears mixing with rain. “Why didn’t you ever tell me?”

Fiona took a long breath, the kind you take before a plunge into icy water. “Elena was not your sister. She was your mother.” Fiona let out a sound—half sob, half laugh

“Mama Fiona,” Rosa said softly. “You’re still my mama.”

Fiona didn’t turn around. Her hand trembled as she touched Elena’s stone. “Because I have carried this secret longer than I carried you in my womb, Rosa. And I cannot die with it still inside me.” The night fevers

“Elena loved you more than anything. But she was sick—not in her body, but in her mind. After you were born, something broke. She couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t stop crying. She thought you would be better off without her. One night, she walked into the sea.”