Chapter 64

And that's how my life changed in a matter of seconds. That's how I stopped living without fear and worrying about trivial things in life. A breakup will never kill you; it won't do anything to you. You choose whether it hurts or you suffer. Although not everyone believes it, you have that choice. Things can hurt, but suffering because of them is something you choose.

The wind gusts around us, and we eat lemon cake. I remember that when I was little, I loved the rain because no one knew if you were crying or not. One day, I felt bad because I had lost one of my friends; he died. He was my age, around nine years old, and he died from seizures. I was devastated. We always played together, and we were always together during lunch.

But one day, he simply wasn't there anymore. His body and soul had disappeared. All I could do was stand in the rain, look up at the sky, and cry. The neighbors were inside their house, and my parents weren't there that day, so they didn't know