Ava's P.O.V Her words took me by surprise. She was right. We never had the privilege of talking. Hudson had told me his mother was a tough woman to understand... "Thank you, Mrs Blakely, it means alot to me." I said. "Sarah... I am not sure what Hudson told you about me, but I have been through the same thing you have, and it has never been easy... since then I have closed myself off to anyone that came to close to me to afraid that if I opened myself, if I allowed myself to love someone like that again I would only end up getting hurt again." She whispered, she had this far-away look. "I am sorry, I didn't know. Hudson never told me." "I suppose he didn't. It happened after Hudson. I am not even sure he remembers." "How... how did you cope?" I whispered, afraid that I might over