Chapter 45 - Pain helps us grow.

Helena

I woke up in Oliver’s arms with the strangest thought. Pain is what forces us to grow. I was living a happy life when I was a rogue. I didn’t know better. I knew worse. I thought I was happy on my own until I found Oliver. I was ripped from his life and thrust into another couple of years filled with pain, but at the same time, I had the joy of having Eli with me.

Pain was what forced us to grow. It was an integral part of life. We couldn’t avoid it. That was probably the worst realization I had ever come to. My children would one day also experience pain in some way and there was no way I would ever be able to stop it. I could only be there for them when they broke into a million pieces. I could help them pick up the pieces and help them glue them all back together, but I couldn’t stop them from breaking at some point in their lives.

I looked at Oliver as the moonlight floated into the room, illuminating his face. This man who changed my life! He came into my life, and turned