Emma's POV

　　I remained silent for a while after listening to my mother's story of why she left and I still couldn't believe that she went through these things all those years. I believed she abandoned me, and she never cared for me.

　　I fought so hard to hold back the stream of tears that was forcing itself to surface, but I couldn't do it anymore as they ran down my eyes, and the only thing I could feel in my heart was regret, and pain.

　　"Emma I'm sorry ...