56: Become Strong

Seeing her expression, Noah bit his lower lip and asked uneasily, "Is this still a topic that I should avoid?" He ran his slender fingers through his thick hair and went on, "I thought you might have gotten over the shadow of your childhood but I didn't expect... I'm sorry! I spoke out of turn."

Vivienne saw the guilty look in his eyes and she took a deep breath to calm herself as she questioned, "You really didn't expect that I'd still be stuck in the past, right?"

Noah didn't dare to look into her clear grey eyes as he replied, "Well, I was hoping that you'd be stronger."

"Some wounds are not easily healed. They say time heals everything but I learned that time isn't that helpful. It's not time's job to heal your wounds and it's our own responsibility to heal our own wounds. But we tend to avoid picking at those wounds and consider that once they scabbed, they have just healed. Then one day, someone comes and picks at those scabs and you realize how easy it was for those old wounds