Chapter 15 In my third year in France , I successfully completed my apprenticeship . [ ] My senior colleague told me she'd just met with a particularly difficult client , someone from back home . [ ] Intrigued , I glanced at the client's message on her phone . [ ] It was a photo of a wedding dress I knew all too well . [ ] There was a large wine stain on the bodice and dark , brownish flecks of blood on the hem . [ ] " Aurora , do you know how much he offered ? Enough to make a hundred new dresses ! " ] " But he doesn't want a new one , he insists that this specific one must be restored . I heard he's already asked every top designer in the country , and no one will take the job . " ] " My colleague met with him in person a month ago . She said it was very strange . Both of the men there seemed to have some kind of disability . " [ ] " One of them couldn't speak , and his right hand trembled constantly . The other was bundled up from head to toe , even though it was a hot day , with only his eyes showing . My colleague said she thought she saw faint burn scars under his eyes . " [ ] " With that kind of money , they must be famous , right ? Aurora , do you know them ? " ] I shook my head gently , a small smile playing on my lips as I looked away . [ ] The wounds of the past once consumed my soul . [ ] They left me in agony , crippled by insecurity . [ ] ne . [ ] I hated that life , and even more , I hated the people who had forced it upon me . But I was learning to piece my broken soul back together . Now , I had a career I loved , and I had a family who loved me . [ ] All the oppression , humiliation , neglect , and betrayal from my past . [ ] They no longer mattered in my life . [ ] I would not look back , and I would not hold on to resentment . [ ] As for when anyone else would be able to let go . [] I didn't know . And it no longer had anything to do with me . [] " Aurora , your grandma's here with treats again ! Ooh , are those cupcakes ? " I turned my head and saw Grandma , leaning on her cane . [ ] She stood there smiling , picking up the prettiest cupcake and holding it out just for me . [ ] ne I thought , finally , I was the one who was cherished . [ ] And it's wonderful Just wonderful . ]