Guilt

Fear was something that never left Karen's heart. The fear of loving, the fear of losing.

What if she loves someone so deeply and they leave her, just like how her Mom and Catherine left her. The fear itself made her stay away from everything related to love.

Charles didn't ask her questions or even tell her it wasn't her faults. He only held her in his arms until all her tears had dried out.

She was afraid of what he would say, would he judge her, would he think she's weak, she wanted to know what he thought but was also scared to ask.

She was scared of how he made her feel. How her heart races when she's around him, how he makes her feel nervous. She was scared of it all and wanted the feeling to go away. But it only grew as time went on.

"You know they were destined to die in that car accident. There's nothing you could have done that would have stopped it from happening". Charles finally spoke.