'…If I had told her back then, things wouldn't turn out this way.'
Veronica continued, "Do you know how helpless I felt when I silently called for your help when I was in danger but then I remember playing with other women? I was hurt again and again. I suffered so much that sometimes I thought if my emotions didn't exist. I'm still not sure how I'm still alive."
Arthur couldn't imagine her pain. But, he could guess it was something similar to his. He didn't want to go through it again.
'Because of me, she went through this kind of pain all alone. She had no friends around her, unlike me. No food to eat. People's harsh words and bad intentions… she had to protect herself from those things. She was in pain, and yet, she wanted to live.'
