my heart, which was once broken, was terrified. What is holding me back? I can't trust him again. How can I? After he left me and never responded to any of my letters? He never gave me any hope of returning. For so long I thought he had died or something. His parents didn't like me, so of course they wouldn't tell me if he came back, or if he was killed. I had no idea how to move on, I was paralyzed, unable to love. My parents didn't know how to help me either. I became empty. I mechanically moved through the motions of life; I talked, laughed and smiled, yet I didn't feel any of those
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