Chasing Hearts

tion, then you can come right back," my mother said fo

him? What are you doing that

Stop complaining and do as I say. Your plane is going to leave soon, do you

ard the gate. I knew she wasn't going to stick around to see me leave, she

ngle mother with a

that is to eliminate t

d daughter. He left my mother years ago after she found out he was having an affair with his bo

decided to browse through the different music styles I'd be exposed to while I was there and

and the ride flew

as the only one. I cringed at his high-end suit an

urs ago," was the first thing he said to me after

d flight was delayed." I tried to

Han Ma Ri isn't a suitable name for this culture, I don't wan

uld expect that you would want to hide where you came from. I've already ha

based on how much it stood out and the driver waiting on the side who opened the

en we got to the house, but most of it I drowned out through my headphones. There was one band I was able

d houses. My eyes stopped when we slowly passed by what looked like an art store,

as the kind of work I aspired to create. Sadly, I had to leave most of my art products at my mother

I liked to distract myself by drawing pictures at a young age, I was relatively good. She introduced

handed me a bank card as soon as I landed and said he would load money onto it every week for me. Which

how huge the place was, I felt like I could get lost inside of

er was my new step

aughter Bianca. You both will be going

it's nice to meet you

ringed. My father chuckled and ushered me up the stairs and to my

hoping to see something from my mother that this was

as nothing,

for me, or if I was going to be abandoned once more. If that was the case, the best thing I could do

y head down and work

tarted unpacking my suitcase but stopped when

y with a name like Han Ma Ri, what kind of name is that?" She was already

eone new had come into the mix and she was worried I was going to take everything away from her. But chances

not here to make

ore than that, but it seemed she was only just beginni