me.
“Mom! You were a beast!” Leo came out and hugged me.
“Leo, that’s the first time you have ever called me mom!” I cried with joy.
“You were amazing aunty!” Adam came out with Daria in his arms. She was so thrilled her son came back into her life again.
“Now what?” Daria asked.
“Now we allow Leo to lead the way”, I smiled at my son.
“Almas! Almas! I recorded everything! Every move you took girl, I am telling you, if you upload this to the main network, you will get millions of supporters! I am telling you…” Diamond kept talking but I just grabbed the phone from her hand and smashed it to the floor until it broke.
She was shocked for a moment and then said:
“Okay first, you need to chill and second, that wasn’t my phone!” she made everybody laugh.
I took her aside and talked to her privately.
“Diamond, what if you’ll get all of your supporters back just as I have promised you? What would you do with it?”
“Girl, what are you talking about? I will be in cloud nine! I could finally reach fame as I planed to“, she answered.
“Diamond, I can not tell you what to do with your life but I need you to know something. I heard you sing and this is not just a talent, this is a gift. You were gifted with an angelic voice and you need to use it. Use it Diamond! Sing! This is what you are here for. Don’t be consumed with things like support or fame because you are not defined by it. You define yourself and you have everything you need inside you”, I held her face and kissed her cheek.
“Okay, you are starting to scare me Almas… Is this a goodbye?” she asked with sadness.
“Goodbye? I am afraid I am not familiar with this concept”, I winked at her.
“And you!” I turned to Leonard who waited patiently for his turn, “How can I ever thank you?” I asked with tears in my eyes.
“I need to thank you my love”, he tried to be strong for the both of us and smiled, “Thank you for brightening an old, crippled man’s days with that beautiful smile of yours and these amazing, caring eyes”, he held me tight.
“Who are you calling old?” I whispered and tried to make him laugh.
“This is not a goodbye! I will forever carry you in my heart”, I kissed him.
“Diamond, would you mind taking Leonard back to the valley?” I asked her.
“Sure. Come on sugar Leonard”, she grabbed his wheelchair and started walking towards the bus station. He looked into my eyes with a smile and didn’t let go. Deep down he knew, that was the last time we would ever see each other. I waited until they disappeared in the horizon and followed Leo, Adam and Daria.
“Little Miss Diamond, I would like to thank you for everything!” Leonard held Diamond’s hand.
“You too? Man, what is going on? Everybody is thanking me and saying goodbye… is the world ending? Because I am having a cheat day if it is!” she made him laugh.
“No my friend. Everything is fine. I just need to make a little stop before we drive back home, do you mind?” he asked her.
“Not at all but then we go have a burger and a pizza, agreed?” she pointed her finger at him.
“Agreed!” he laughed.
“Mr. Leonard, it is an
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