The next thing I knew, she was gone. Just like that.
But at least I didn't have to deal with her any longer.
“Are you okay, love? I didn't realize you had ties with someone quite so.... controlling."
Shaking my head in despair, I realized solemnly to myself that Christian was probably right. I didn't need someone in my life like that.
Yet still, I kept her in the back of my mind. I knew that I loved her, but I wasn't able to sacrifice my love for Christian all for the sake of Cecilia, who now remained largely absent from my life.
Something had happened to her while I was gone, and I wondered what—but that wonder was short lived. She wasn't the same person anymore, and after experiencing the life I had with my mother, I couldn't go through something like that again.
But Christian? H
