He never told her that, when she was eight, she might not understand even if he did.
But he liked to ask her during meals, "Do you miss home?"
Miss home?
At first, she did, but then she realized she only missed her mother, not that home.
She didn't want to think about Kaine Zahir, Nancy Emmett, or Kamila Zahir.
Later, when he asked her if she missed home, she only blinked, "I miss Mama."
He must have missed someone too.
He spent his childhood with his mother, never experiencing something called "fatherly love."
So, the death of his mother was a huge blow to him.
But he was used to burying everything silently in his heart, never pouring out his thoughts to anyone.
He silently shouldered the burden of the Cheney family, single-handedly carrying the Cheney family forward.
Looking back now, how much more mature must a teenager be than his peers to bear such a heavy load?
