In Love, Never Say Never

I didn’t like kids?

I thought I liked Gregory plenty.

Kids are the best! They’re all a bunch of chubby little things that are just bursting with innocence. Just looking at them makes me feel better.

Did my feelings towards children really change after I almost died?

I looked at the photo of “Scarlett” and her kids. I replied absent-mindedly, “I guess so.”

I thought that might be one of the reasons Marcus and I were separated for such a long time in the past.

I felt a rush of guilt. If I had thought things through, I never would have allowed myself to reach this age without having any kids.

I felt unsettled as if every fiber of my being was fighting against some unwelcome virus in my body. Despite all this, I felt sorry for Marcus as well.

to live in this void any longer. I turned to face Marcus. “I want to see a

explained seriously, “I did look into psychotherapy, and I talked to some doctors. Psychotherapy

the waiter arrived to serve our orders. After he left, Marcus continued, “Why did you suddenly think

to recover my old memories. I don’t want to live

into a contemplative silence. He said, “Since you’ve made up your mind, I’ll support your decision. We can contact a psychiatrist when we get home later. I’m still going to give you the same advice. Don’t hold out too much hope for this. There’s plenty

small the opportunity, I had to try

eat,” Marcus coaxed, a

was already dark by the time we finished dinner. There was a

of autumn brought plenty of rain to K City, which was

walked to the car. Marcus focused on driving slowly in

city. Marcus stepped on the brakes, but the car continued moving no matter how hard he pressed on them. In fact, the car seemed

but we were moving at such a high speed that the brake wouldn’t catch. The car shot past a red light like an arrow released from a tightly-strung