Chapter 113 Damiano

• I finally understand why Marianna was so insistent we follow Carina to this island. It’s like a little slice of heaven. A place where the real world fades away. I guess you can call this my first vacation ever. Growing up, my mother never let me do anything other than study. There was no room for failure because if I didn’t excel in every subject, I’d never make it into the police academy. I wouldn’t call my life miserable, but it was far from easy. There were so many things I never got to experience because she wouldn’t allow it.
• Birthdays, sleepovers, or even trips. While other kids stayed up playing video games, I was busy studying so I could get the perfect score. I wasn't allowed to visit my classmate's houses or go to the arcade after school. The few friends I did manage to make finally unfriended me because my mother would come to pick me up at school and drive them away with her strictness. She drilled the importance of studying in my head. And I understood it was, I just couldn't get why I wasn't allowed to have breaks.
• So many times I was angry and felt robbed of my youth but I'd never bring it up. She was the last person I'd go to with my problems. Her answer to everything was studying. And after I graduated from the police academy, her tune changed. Now my goal is to climb the ranks as fast as I can. Up until I followed Aurora here, I could understand her reasons for pressuring me so much. But now? I don't know.