“Life may be hard on you, but don’t give up. It will be well.”

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I thought it was the end of my obstacles when Matthew gave me the go-ahead to flash out the microchip. It took weeks of begging before he could give in to pleas of my needed privacy. More setbacks unfolded and I’d never been so miserable in my life.

“You’ve changed,” he voiced out. We were having lunch at an eatery but all I could think of was how to get away from him.

“Oh, what did I do?” Grabbing my spoon, I began picking on my food, my appetite long gone.

“You’re bored, angry, and...