" I didn't like this part of the story. Although it had been years behind me, talking about it brought all the pain and bad memories to the surface again.
"We were not like family, only four people were related by blood and people call us one family." I smiled wryly. "I just thought that this world was so cruel. I didn't know how to be a child, and I didn't get an example of being a good mother. I just didn't want to create another me in the future, so I chose to be alone." Another reason I couldn't tell him because my heart hadn't let go of Zie completely. People could have fallen in love easily but letting it go wholeheartedly was another struggle they faced.
"Not all relationships work like that, right?"
"I've only seen the worst" maybe, what he said was true. But what was in front of me was the worst, and I didn't want that to happen to me again.
