"And that's why you-" Clara said, her eyes welling with tears as her voice faltered.
"Shh, that was in the past. I swear, I will not do it again." Adrian didn't let her finish her words and pulled her in his embrace.
Adrian attempted self-harm back then, when everything seemed to be slipping from his grasp. But he was unable to because he understood that the life he had was not something he would forfeit for anyone.
When Emily left him, he felt like everything stopped and he couldn't smile, but he held onto his father to steady himself, only to see him break bit by bit as he couldn't handle the pain either.
Adrian lost everything when Edric went, isolating himself and wrapping his mind around what he had heard others say about his parents. He was left all alone and started blaming himself for not being a lovable child.
