"But... but I still like him very much. I couldn't live without him." Nora cried as she spoke.
All of a sudden, Shirley didn't know what to do. She reached out and patted her on the shoulder, sighed, and then said slowly, "You have to believe that you can live without anyone."
"But I like him."
"I know."
"I..."
Shirley looked at the distance and said slowly, "When I was five years old, I lost my parents. If Charlie's family hadn't adopted me, I would have grown up in an orphanage."
Nora looked up at Shirley in a daze, tears in her eyes finally stopped flowing.
"It's still scary to think about it now. I was so young. I thought I wouldn't be able to live without my parents, but now, I'm still alive and well, aren't I?"
Nora lowered her head and sobbed lightly, her voice as low as a m
