After I started working on the larger-scale program, I was buried in work and barely had time to return home.
During that period, my mom called me countless times.
At first, she kept trying to convince me to move back home. Later, all she asked was whether I was eating properly.
Six months later, I returned to my alma mater for an academic exchange event.
The college placed my belatedly restored award in the alumni honors display case and invited me to speak as the graduate representative.
When I finished my speech, my parents were waiting outside the auditorium.
The moment my mom saw me, her eyes turned red.
"Claire, I spent so many years telling you to let Lilian win. I thought you had people who truly cared about you, so losing a little wouldn't matter. But I was wrong. People wh
