Chapter 50. Different

He’s dangerous.

He’s intimidating.

And lethal.

After those events, a lot happened in my life. I found out I was pregnant. But fortunately, the child is safe. From then until I gave birth, Marco was very caring toward me. Until the day I gave birth to our child. The joy I felt was strange. There is no such thing as unrelenting happiness. I know that every pleasure is undone. When Raphael was one year old, he was kidnapped. I thought there was no danger. We were so happy that I forgot the world that I have now. I forgot the risk that was always there. I neglected our son, and here I am now suffering.

He said he was going to France for business five months since Marco left, five months of no communication. Now I’m here in front of the tv and staring. My breathing turned ragged. It’s like paper crumpling and tearing my heart. I know it’s my fault. It’s all my fault because I was careless. I’m a useless mother.

I focused on the television, where many media a