I shook my head. "It doesn't hurt anymore."

He shook his head too. "No, I mean, did it hurt back then?"

"It wasn't too bad." I licked my lips. "It wasn't the most painful thing that happened to me."

"I remember..." Richard's voice sounded a bit nasal. "You used to be scared of getting a needle for a blood test."

I chuckled lightly. "I was so afraid of pain back then, but not so much now."

I had learnt that pain was the simplest and most straightforward thing. It ...