YOUNG AND FLEETING LOVE

"My first love."

Shantal's answer came shortly and it was brief. At the same time, her set of orb-like eyes glistened with a nostalgic gleam as she rewound her life clock a tad.

"Zoren, Jodi, and I grew up together and the three of us used to play here. He was the son of a close family friend and both me and Jodi had a big fat crush on him back when we were a child."

The corner of Shantal's lip quirked up a little when she recalled the past.

"When we went to middle school, Zoren confessed his love to me and since I also liked him, we became childhood sweethearts. But I told him that we have to keep our relationship in secret since I know how Jodi would feel about it."

The smile on Shantals' face slowly turned into a bitter one the more she continued her story.

"But a year after that, my parents and I got into a car accident. They died and I was the only one to survive. Later on, we found out that the accident was orchestrated by a family fri