Actually, Emma could have avoided this sense of grievance. She had no dark past or scandalous experiences. For five years, she didn't waste her youth on any man; instead, she devoted it to raising Tommy.
In fact, she didn't think there was anything great about it. Everything she did was voluntary. She chose to take care of Tommy and raise him, which meant sacrificing herself and enduring criticism from others. And through this decision, she didn't feel pain or contradiction.
That's because she loved Tommy. Perhaps he wasn't directly related to her by blood, but through the years of being together, she had engraved him into her very bones.
She didn't have love or friendship, and even her own family relationship was cold and distant.
But there must still be something worth holding onto, right?
The candy Tommy gave her seemed to carry his warmth, causing a burning pain in her freezing heart.
