"What are you doing here?" Richard asked in anger when he recovered from the shock.
"Is that how you welcome me after such a long time?" The person asked.
"Bridget, you left me when I needed you most, and you show up out of the blues after many years and expect me to welcome you with open arms? Stop being delusional," Richard fumed. The presence of Bridget opened a painful past he had tried so much to forget. Richard was fifteen years old when he lost his parents in an auto crash. His best friend's (Bernard's) parents, who were also his parents' family friends, took him in. They took care of him like their own child until he turned eighteen.
Bridget was his childhood sweetheart. He was very fond of her. Their parents were in support of their relationship. Bridget was betrothed to him at
