'Did you love her?' Iris asked.
I looked at her and didn't know how to explain it. 'She was the only girl I had allowed myself to get close to, so I must have liked her really much!' I answered. I didn't want her pity. If I said I loved Lila Martins, Iris might think that just like her, I was heartbroken and still was.
'Aren't you?' Sly whispered in my head.
'I am sorry to hear all that. It seems you had a very hard childhood unlike what I thought', she said.
'You thought that as the only child, my parents must have pampered me silly and I am so spoilt I do not know the meaning of suffering?' I supplied for her.
She was shocked as she stared at me open mouthed. 'How did you know that was what I thought?'
'I get that alot, but that's not me', I smiled, adopting a carefree attitude. '
