Mira Ellis (née Tanaka)
"Whatever I am, whatever I have left, it's yours... always yours, my darling."
"My name is Mira Ellis... and for eight long years, I have been both mother and guardian to you. When your father died so suddenly, I thought my world had ended too... but then I looked at you, and I knew I couldn't fall apart. You needed me. You became my reason to rise every morning, to work myself to exhaustion at the hospital, and still come home to keep our little world warm. You may not carry my blood, but you carry my heart—every part of it."
"Oh God... when I saw you brought into the ward today, my heart nearly stopped. The thought of losing you terrifies me more than anything... and yet, another fear gnaws at me: that my secret life, the things I've done in these very halls to keep us afloat, might somehow come to light while you're lying here. I can't let you see that side of me—not now, not ever."