11

What you can't get when you are young will haunt you for the rest of your life. Henry is like this to Orla, and so am I to Henry? But now I've come to understand that when only one party is giving, it's not love.

A week later, Henry called me and said that my things were still with him and asked me to go over. When I saw him again, he looked a little decadent and hadn't shaved for a long time.

He was very happy to see me. He took out a pair of wedding rings and knelt on one knee, "Give me another chance. I used to think I liked Orla, but your indifference to me these days made me realize that you are the one I can't live without the most. I just don't want to give in to her, it's my self-esteem that's playing tricks on me. Will you marry me?"