My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I listened quietly, clenching my fists tightly. It was not that I was nervous or uncomfortable. It was just that she reminded me so much of Monique, which sent me into quite a daze.

After a pause, she continued, "I know that you feel like a mess now and you don't know what you should do. But Arianna, we have to move forward one way or another; we can't live in the past forever. What you have to do is to follow your heart. You don't have to keep yourself trapped in your past memories."

I nodded. In my heart, I knew all this.

She grabbed my hands, her expression calm and solemn. "I'm not here today as a lobbyist, but as a friend. I don't want you to suffer. So, Arianna, you don't have to reject me."

smile. "Thank you for coming

the type of person who buries her dark ambitions deep in her heart.

agreed. It was true that everything Valerie did, she

for you for the past 26 years and I've seen her experience many challenges. She was even tricked by others. You probably don't know that each time

lips and said in a low voice, "It's not like I haven't seriously thought about

for her daughter that she gave Andrea all her love when she met her. She feared that she was not good enough. From a mother's point of view, her love is great. But from the perspective of others, as you know, her love can be seen as extreme, or destructive. Arianna, I'm not asking you to forgive her. I

right, and I knew this better than anyone else. From a mother's perspective, all Valerie did was simply to help pave

anything to get rid of all the obstacles in her way. I, at the time, was