JORDAN I watched my mom walk into the condo casually and felt pain in my heart. She was sacrificing her happiness for me, she was sacrificing her freedom for my happiness and I could not imagine how long she had been doing that for. The staff who had been taking care of the condo welcomed her and escorted her into the house while I turned back to my car and drove off. I had never wanted something so badly in my life. Not even when I wanted Samantha or companionship. I had never craved life the way I did now, because I never knew what it was like. I always had to just breathe and walk and wait to be taken away. I only wanted to be with the woman I loved, believing that it would give me true happiness, especially because I felt she was the only one who could understand me. I was so

