What followed was seven years of pursuing Tristen humbly We didn’t know what happened to Tristen when he was young and why he was injured so badly. He kept silent about it, and so did we. Everyone was in pain once. That’s the darkest m Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books Updates… oment for people. It can’t be reconciled. When I returned to this small village again, I immediately felt relaxed all over. The air here seemed to be healing, The dark cloud that had been weighing on my heart for a long time finally dissipated a little. I tried to find the place where my mother and I used to live. But so many years had gone by, and this place underwent a significant change. So, I couldn’t find that place. “Mom, you won’t blame me, will you?” I thought. I took the urn and found a piece of land surrounded by mountains and rivers, with birds singing and flowers blooming. I buried it and inserted a bouquet in my mother’s graveyard. As I finally made sure my mother was resting in peace, I somehow felt like I was losing a piece of my heart. That was strange. “Losing something? “Was that a necessary step for growing up?” I didn’t understand. “But Mom, everything that started here should end here. “I will always be here for you. ” I thought. Just like that, I took residence in that small village. My life as a teacher began. It was simple but fulfilling. I once thought that happiness was about living happily with the man I loved forever. But Tristen was always busy. With work. With keeping Wesley company, With dealing with all kinds of things. He simply had no time for me. So, I thought I couldn’t get happiness. Then, I realized that happiness was about the smiling faces of my students, about me getting recognized by their parents, about the spread of knowledge, and about watching the children in the mountains grow up peacefully. It turned happiness came from little things. There, I realized that living for myself was such a great thing. I would love to live this simple and happy life forever. But God didn’t grant my wish. My happy life didn’t last long before it was interrupted, That night, Wesley appeared on my way home from school. She gave me a weird smile, and then darkness prevailed over me.