Chapter 153 Olivia

• Moana
• After Ella and I had our little breakfast date together, we headed out for training. I dropped her off at the training facility before heading over to the orphanage to spend a few hours volunteering and helping Sophia out.
• Ever since Ella mentioned wanting to refer to me as her mother, my heart couldn’t stop fluttering. I felt both anxious and ecstatic at the thought; I had considered this before, but never seriously. I had only ever thought of us occasionally as acting a bit like mother and daughter, but I knew that I could never really replace Ella’s biological mother. I wasn’t sure if it was really appropriate to even bring the subject up to Edrick, as he had never really brought up Ella’s biological mother. All I knew was that Ella’s biological mother died when Ella was very young, and no one ever really talked about her. There weren’t even photographs or anything indicating her existence around the house. Edrick’s family never mentioned her, and Edrick never really gave off the feeling of being a widower. But, then again, maybe that had something to do with his fear of commitment. Maybe he didn’t talk about her because it was too painful, and part of me always wanted to see if he would be willing to tell me a bit more about her. If Ella really wanted to refer to me as her mother, then I wanted to be able to do it in a way that was respectful of her biological mother.