113. The villain in your story.

Before leaving I could not provide the man with a response, and all the way home, his question keeps echoing in my ear, "What would you sincerely have done in my shoes?" He had asked me. I'd heard his story, indeed what would I have done if I were in his shoes?

I keep trying to tell myself that I would have gone to Duke with the truth and tried my best to explain it to him, but then his other words ring in my ears again, "Remember it is easier said than done, so think and be truthful to yourself, what choice would you have made if you were in my position?"

He wasn't wrong. It is always easier said than done. I still remember how I felt when I first found out that I could no longer have children of my own. The fear I felt that Duke would leave me one day. Fear that he wouldn't want to take a defective woman like me. At that moment I had wished Duke didn't know about the matter. I wished I could hide that truth from him so he would never leave me.