20.

There's distance between us. I made sure that there would be one because I needed to gather my thoughts.

The information I've just received feels like a set back to be honest. I've been under the impression that only a few months remained before we had to negotiate something.

It hadn't been easy, trying to gather all I can to cover the loan that now I was under, a loan from William.

William is pretty understanding but that doesn't mean it has not been uncomfortable, knowing that I owe him so much money. It is true that he played a dirty trick into making me sign that marriage contract, under influence but still, he did help me out and paid the debt that hung heavily over my shoulders.

Now I don't have to worry about the house loan but paying him back. I'm not the proudest in the way everything was solved, but what choice did I have?

I tried everything I could to gather the money together, while also struggling with witnessing my mother deteriorating health. That period of my life fe