Guilt squeezed my insides, pain was choking the life out of me. My heart was bleeding and my vision was blurry, tears were streaming in torrents now. A hand went round my shoulders and drew me close, I did not fight the offer of comfort. I went straight into Zach’s chest and sobbed my eyes out silently.

It was not my Intention to make things bad for my mom, it was not my intention to make mom go through everything she had been going through ever since she had given birth to me. It was as though I was just the reason for her suffering and agony. Well, if I...