Chapter 68

Adrian sits on a chair beside me and smiles softly at me. "I totally understand."

He looks ahead and continues, "I used to be in your shoes when I first started acting. I was a little kid, and all I wanted to do was go to school and hang out with my friends, or play around in the neighborhood after school, but I couldn't do any of that because I had to take acting classes, rehearse for auditions, go for shoots, commercials, photoshoots and the likes. I had a lot going on, it was good too because I was getting the success I wanted, but it was at the expense of my relationships and I hated it.

"I started to lose my friends because they saw me as this successful child actor who didn't want to hang out with them anymore, but that was far from the truth. If only they knew how badly I wanted to hang out with them but couldn't. I stopped attending school so I could be homeschooled and my contact with my friends decreased. It was awful, and I felt so sad and lonely, but there wa