Book Two: Branch One Hundred and Thirty Four

"Mom, can I ask you something?" Aletta asked raising her legs to the couch.

"Of course," Eunice asked with her eyes twinkling. She felt so good to hear that question from her. She has always tried to be a good mom to her girls but somehow it always did not work out and it was as if she presented this image of a bad idea to her daughters over and over again.

"What do you want to know? I will try my best to answer"

"Well it's about marriage and love, you gotten your heart broken so many times before that it makes me agitated about love. I always found it difficult to open up to others and want to receive love from others and even when I do I always find heartbreak at the end of it" Aletta took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"I mean look at Paul he promised me everything but ended up breaking my heart in shreds. You have faced this so many times so how is it that you end up loving another so much that you don't care about the end of the relationship? You always seem to give it your