~~ Ace's POV ~~

People say a mother's love is unconditional. A mother is the best in the world. I mean I used to be part of those people. A five-year-old boy who loved his mother even more than he loved himself.

Those phrases, especially the last one, were words I grew used to saying as a child. It all began with saying 'I love you' as a toddler to the only woman I so much cherished back then. Then, gradually the words extended as I grew older.

But did that last?

Everything changed when I clocked five. The woman whom I thought was my only source of joy and...