Chapter 45

• "My parents loved me. It was me, my mother and my father. He loved me a lot. I was two years old when he'd brought me the teddy. We were a perfect family. One day, I heard my parents fighting downstairs so I went and saw my mother shouting at him. I don't know what happened exactly but my father slapped my mother and yelled at her and left the house. I asked my mother about my father but she said that he left us. I was too small to even understand the real meaning of it. After my father's departure, life was too hard. My mother worked hard at my school and the rents. After her friends forced her to start dating. She even went on a couple of dates until..."
• I inhaled sharply as my past reached the dreadful topic. I saw Danzel listening quietly to what I was saying. I needed his support. I couldn't let it out myself. So I climbed into his lap and held his one hand in both of mine. His one arm went around my waist, assuring me of his presence.
• I closed my eyes and continued,