I couldn't tell her that I had traveled back in time as her daughter to save her.
To prevent her from being with my dad, I had to lie through my teeth.
"I was just a stranger who wanted to help you when I saw injustice. That man loves to drink, abuse, and gamble. If you marry him, you'll never have a good day. Please, trust me. Don't marry him."
"How do you know?"
My mother stared at me with her big eyes, blinking, which were beautiful.
"I… I have a friend who knew him before. He told me."
To make her believe, I had to make up a story.
But she said to me seriously, "Don't believe everything you hear. You cannot understand a person from another person. I think Jackson is very eloquent and humorous."
I was at a loss and anxious, scratching my right hand's nails with my left hand.
Suddenly, her face changed. She grabbed me and asked, "Who are you?"
I thought for a long time, and I didn't know who I was either.
I had no memory of this era.
I couldn't say anything, so I had to make up something.
"I'm an angel sent by God to save you. Promise me that you won't marry him."
She blushed and said, "What are you talking about? There is nothing between me and him yet."