I never expected my life to change on an ordinary Friday morning, but that’s the day I met Emily—a girl with a scar and a secret. As a successful bank manager with a carefully curated life, I thought I had everything figured out, until my family pushed me into an engagement with someone I barely knew. This is the story of how love, fear, and the need for acceptance collided to turn my world upside-down.
My grandmother always said that if you feel down, you should laugh, and when you feel really down, you should laugh even louder. When John saw
Larry grew up in a well-educated family, with his father being a university professor and his mother a practicing physician. They adored their only son and dedicated all their free time to his upbringing. Larry excelled in school and participated in various extracurricular activities, always meeting his parents’ high expectations. However, his friendship with Willow, a girl from a troubled background, was seen as his only flaw.
