There are many reasons why one would not feel their connection to their own family, Shyla. Liira had kept insisting, but no matter how much she did that, for me, those many reasons only came down to two.
It was either I was indeed my father and mother's child or I wasn't. And I had never before wished for two conflicting statements to be true. I'd thought that perhaps then, some of my own heartache would be quelled. It was not as simple as that however.
On one hand, hoping I was not their child, would ease the heartache of being abandoned so easily and it wouldn't sting so much. But that would force me to face the reality of never having been wanted by my own birth family. Either truth spoke of my own loss that would eventually crush my soul.
I slumped on my bed, my legs giving up for t
