Chapter 87

I would tell myself not to leave the orphanage and just stay there. I would rather be wild and free than locked in a gilded cage, slowly losing my sense of self. I'd tell myself that the love I had longed for all those years couldn't be found in my family. Or maybe it could, but it just did not belong to me. I would only die there. But there were no "ifs" here. I couldn't go back in time to stop that version of me from happily following my parents back to that home of theirs. Nothing could change the past now. I suddenly returned to my senses, those curious thoughts dissipating from my mind. "I see. I've always wanted to ask you why your affection for Joanne seemed to go beyond just friendship. But it doesn't matter now anyway. As long as you genuinely cared about her, everything is good with me." Gabriel nodded slightly. He seemed to be in a glum mood. He spoke a little more with Nancy before heading upstairs to rest, with Andre in tow. When the two were in the room, Gabriel