Ashlyn heard Vincent's question and she nodded slowly.
"Weakness that's the answer. Love,... Marriage they're both a weakness... It makes the strongest person become weak and the wisest person become foolish and that's why I made a promise that I was never going to take part in the weakness."
"My mum is the only person in the world that I really want to protect and now the doctor said she's diagnosed with a brain tumor and she's refused her surgery. I talked to her, I tried persuading her and it did work. She accepted the surgery but on the condition I take part in the weakness I've been running from." Ashlyn snickered and drank a bit of her whiskey.
"Just when I thought I would get someone who understands me to marry so he won't ask for my feelings in return, I get disappointed. I got the biggest shock of my life from someone I thought understood me.