Epilogue #1

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Mia's POV

It's been 5 years and Xiumin still hasn't came back. Imani is 6 now. She goes to a private school not so far away from our apartment. I live on my own with her and have two jobs. I work as a electrical engineer and on the weekends I'm an assistant manager at Macy's. Since I'm so busy,  Imani will be at Tina, Troy, or Mandy's place.

Today is Thursday and I just got back from work. I was surprised by a little girl hugging my legs.

"Hey, Imani. How was school?" I asked her picking her up.

"I had fun! We made gifts for fathers day! I made a lot of things for dad" She said happily.

"Oh, you did?" I responded smiling at her.

"Yep! Wanna see?" She asked me, her big brown eyes sparkling.

"Of course" I said.

She jumped out my arms and pulled me into her room.

She showed me 5 things. One was a bouquet of flowers. Each flower was a different shade of blue. The ribbon that kept it together had a snowflake on it. She showed a mug that also had snowflakes on it. The other gifts were key chains and the last was a picture frame.

"I also made some for uncle Troy!" She smiled showing me paper ties and another picture frame with the both of them smiling together.

"They are wonderful" I smiled.

She nodded her head and sat on her bed. I sat next to her and she immediately began to talk about her day at school. While she talked, I zoned out and just looked at her smiling face. She looked so happy.

"Imani" I said interrupting her.

"Yes mommy!" She said looking up at me. Her pigtails bounced as she responded to me.

"You know you don't have to go to school tomorrow since it's the father's day celebration" I told her.

"I know. Appa'll be there" She said.

I smiled at her response and quickly wiped my eyes before a tear fell.

"Okay, I took time off work just in case you wanted to stay home" I said.

"Than come to school with me! So we  can enjoy fathers' day as a family! You, me, and dad" she happily said.

"Okay. I'll love that"

She smiled widely at me and ran down the stairs. While she watched Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, I cooked spaghetti for the two of us. She danced around the table singing the theme song.

"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood!" She sang.

I laughed at how cute she sounded.

"Could you be my neighbor!" She sang to me grabbing my hand. We laughed and sang the rest of the theme song dancing in the kitchen. After the song ended I made a plate for the both of us. We prayed over our food.

"God is good, God is great, thank you for the food on my plate. I pray the people who are homeless get jobs and homes and I pray that the people who don't have food get food and I pray that Appa comes back soon. Amen" Imani said.

She ate her spaghetti and played around with it.

"Imani. Eat your spaghetti. It's getting late" I said.

She poked her fork at the noodles.

"Do you think Appa will come tomorrow?" She asked looking up at me.

"I don't know sweet heart" I said.

"Do you think he'll remember me? The last time he saw me was when I was a baby" She said. Her face started to scrunch up and that is when the tears fell.

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