Chapter 65

There are things in life that you can’t understand. Things that may be big or small. Things that can also be so impossible to even imagine.

But there is one thing that I learned in life. That... sometimes, things happen for a reason. It may be a lesson or a small step for you to be in a certain direction. And sometimes, things just happen just because you are the reason.

“Eat this too, Mom”

“I have eaten plenty, what if I upset my stomach?”

There are people who will distance themselves not because they don’t like to be with you but just simply because they love you so much that they decided to do so. They think that it would be the best for everyone even if they end up doing it to hurt themselves much more... They think that by doing so, it will bring greater good to both of you, and knowing that would be enough for them to endure the pain.

“You call that plenty? That was just half the usual you eat, Carmina”

“Mom, not you too…”

I giggled as I heard my mom get scolded by her mo