As his mother pulled back from the hug, she noticed that the sadness was still in his eyes.

"But if this isn’t what’s been weighing on you, then why are you still sad? Why have you been so down?"

"I'm depressed because I lost a gold for a wood. You called her bumpkin, but Daniella was the actual bumpkin. Losing Anabel had been tearing me apart. She loved me, but I stamped on it. It's as if I lost everything that made me who I am. Though I was rich when I met Anabel, I got richer and richer while with her.. I didn't realize this until she left. I...