Shattered Defense

"My decision will never change. I hope you'll take care of the divorce soon so our relationship doesn't continue to hang like this," Vivi said.

"Even if I change?" Darren asked.

"You may change, but you always return to your true character in the end. I've given you many chances, and it's always the same. It always repeats," Vivi said.

"I'm really going to change, Vivi!" But Darren didn't want to give up so easily. "I visited a psychiatrist in London and had regular therapy. It's nothing compared to the pain you endure while being treated for what I did, but it's..."

Darren hung up and closed his eyes. Because just remembering what he went through during his visit to the psychiatrist could make him very sad.

"I had to dig up all the bad memories I had buried under years of ego and hubris just to cover up what had been buried," Darren said. "I was hypnotized back to a childhood I never wanted to remember. A time when I desperately needed love, but no one gave it to me."

Vivi didn’t inv